0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Durack
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 43% of workers in Durack are employed in accommodation and food services, making it the most common industry. This sparsely populated area has a very small number of people working or looking for work, though those who are employed almost always have full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here at 75.7%, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. This stands in contrast to the wider area, as only 50.7% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is well below the state average at 0.0%.
50.7% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.7% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.9%
- 2016: 76.0%
- 2021: 75.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Accommodation and food services is the largest employer at 42.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.9%. Mining and education and training both account for 8.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split evenly between managers and labourers, who each make up 21.4% of jobs. Technicians and trades people follow at 18.6%, while professionals account for 14.3%.
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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50442/durack/topic/employment