0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Howick · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Howick
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ nearly 77% of workers in Howick. This rural area has a very high workforce involvement rate, though full-time roles are much less common than in the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 72.7% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Notably, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, well below both the state and national figures of 5.1%.
72.7% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.7%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 95.7%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by a single sector, with 76.9% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 42.3%, followed by managers at 34.6% and machinery operators and drivers at 11.5%.
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 Howick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50659/howick/topic/employment