4.0% ▲ —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pingrup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pingrup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Pingrup than in the rest of the country. This is a small community where the workforce is exceptionally active, with 71.3% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 77.9%, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below the state and national averages.
71.3% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.5%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 71.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
77.9% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.4%
- 2016: 74.8%
- 2021: 77.9%
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 70.5% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 7.4% and accommodation and food at 5.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce—54.1%—are managers, while 18.0% work as labourers. Machinery operators and drivers make up another 10.7% of the local jobs.
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 Pingrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51245/pingrup/topic/employment