3.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Metricup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Metricup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 19% of the workforce in Metricup is employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, the area's most common industry. While a very high 77.7% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is far below national and state levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are far more common here than in the rest of Australia, though full-time roles are much lower than most areas at 48.7%. The unemployment rate is 3.2%, which is a little below the national figure.
77.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 77.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.7% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 18.8%, followed by manufacturing at 12.3%. Health care and social assistance, construction, and retail trade each employ around 11% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 28.6%, followed by professionals at 18.8%. Technicians and trades workers account for 11.7%, while labourers and sales workers represent 11% and 9.7% respectively.
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 Metricup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50941/metricup/topic/employment