0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carnarvon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 22 percentage point gap separates Carnarvon from the state average in full-time employment. While far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The typical worker here is employed full-time, with 82.3% of the workforce in these roles, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. Only 33% of adults are working or looking for work, yet the unemployment rate is well below the national average at 0.0%.
33.0% ▼ -42.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
82.3% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 82.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with education and training being the most common at 15.2%. Other major employers include accommodation and food (13.9%), as well as transport, warehousing, and health care (both 10.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.6%. Technicians and trades people follow at 16.5%, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 13.9% of the local workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50267/carnarvon/topic/employment