2.8% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
South Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in South Plantations
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in South Plantations than in most similar areas. This is a high-employment community where 75.7% of adults are active in the workforce. The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working life is very active here, with 73.3% of people in full-time jobs, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. Unemployment is also lower than most areas, sitting at just 2.8%.
75.7% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 80.3%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 75.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.9%
- 2016: 73.6%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary industry for the area, employing 58.1% of the workforce. Other common roles are in public administration and safety, which account for 10.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large majority of workers are managers, making up 54.3% of occupations. Labourers are the next most common group at 13.3%, followed by technicians and trades at 10.5%.
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 South Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51382/south-plantations/topic/employment