4.5% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Howatharra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Howatharra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Howatharra compared to the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area sees 69.1% of its adults in the workforce, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Most of these workers are in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much higher than most areas, sitting at 69.1%. Full-time employment is also strong at 61.9%, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
69.1% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 20.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.3% and mining at 12.7%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing account for 9.5% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common kind of worker at 20.6%. Machinery operators and drivers make up 15.9%, while clerical staff and labourers both sit at 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 Howatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50658/howatharra/topic/employment