15.8% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Karloo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Karloo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the largest job group in Karloo, where 18.2% of workers fall into this category. The area struggles with a very high unemployment rate of 15.8%, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 50%, while unemployment is among the highest for similar places.
43.2% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest industries for local workers are retail trade at 15.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.1%. Other common sectors include accommodation and food, and education and training, both at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from labourers, many residents work as machinery operators and drivers (16.7%) or in clerical and administrative roles (15.2%). Community and personal service workers make up 13.6% of the 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 Karloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50730/karloo/topic/employment