1.4% ▼ -69.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Plantations
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high full-time employment rate of 73% defines the workforce in North Plantations. This area has far more people working full-time than the state and national figures. Most of the local economy is driven by a strong presence in the agricultural sector.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. This high activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 1.4%, which is well below both the state and Australian averages.
66.9% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 73.7%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.0% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 73.2%
- 2021: 73.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 65.8% of the workforce. Other smaller sectors include education and training at 4.5% and administrative and support services at 3.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Almost half of all workers are managers at 47.7%, while labourers make up 29.3% of the workforce. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 5.9% and community and personal service workers at 5.0%.
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 North Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51148/north-plantations/topic/employment