0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Needles · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Needles
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up 40.7% of the workforce in Needles, the most common occupation for the area. This is a highly active job market where nearly 80% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above both the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment levels are very high here, with 66.7% of people working full-time and a 0.0% unemployment rate. This is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
79.4% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 70.0%
- 2021: 79.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 66.7%
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, which employs 22.2% of the workforce, followed by manufacturing at 18.5% and construction at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from managers, sales workers are the next largest group at 18.5%, while labourers make up 11.1% of the workforce.
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 Needles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60447/needles/topic/employment