10.0% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Manypeaks · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Manypeaks
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 42% of the workforce in Manypeaks, making it the dominant industry for the area. While a high proportion of the community is employed full-time, this is offset by a very high unemployment rate of 10%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher here than in most similar areas, sitting well above the national figure at 66.7%. However, the unemployment rate is also among the highest for this area type, at 10.0%, which is well above the state and national rates of 5.1%.
66.7% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies heavily on primary production, with 42% of workers in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other notable employers include education and health care, each accounting for 11.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are the most common occupation for 34.8% of workers. Community and personal service workers and labourers each make up 13% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 11.6%.
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 Manypeaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50895/manypeaks/topic/employment