0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pawleena · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero per cent unemployment marks the local job market in Pawleena. While the area has a very low rate of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, those who are employed are often in a wide range of skilled and manual roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also low at 51%, sitting well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
56.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest groups working in construction (19.6%), manufacturing (15.7%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (13.7%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are managers, making it the most common occupation at 23.5%. This is followed by labourers at 13.7%, while technicians, trades, and machinery operators each make up 11.8% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Pawleena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60495/pawleena/topic/employment