3.4% ▼ -56.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of full-time workers than the state average defines the local workforce in Nook. While 69.8% of the workforce is in full-time roles, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is 55.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 61.1%. However, unemployment is low at 3.4%, which is a little below the state rate of 5.9%.
55.0% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.8% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 69.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 20.9%, followed by manufacturing and health care, which both sit at 14.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.8%, with machinery operators and drivers also common at 17.4%.
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 Nook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60457/nook/topic/employment