11.9% ▼ -68.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Emungalan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Emungalan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Emungalan from the rest of the country in the proportion of adults working or looking for work. While full-time employment is far above the national figure, the area struggles with an unemployment rate of 11.9%, which is well above both the territory and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.3% of adults are working or looking for work, among the lowest levels for similar areas. Despite this, 70.7% of those employed are in full-time roles, a figure much higher than most other areas.
39.3% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.7% ▲ +84.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 70.6%
- 2021: 70.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer at 22.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 14.7%. Other roles are split evenly between agriculture, construction, and transport at 8% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.3%. Machinery operators and drivers follow at 17.3%, while community service and clerical roles each account for 14.7% of 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 Emungalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70094/emungalan/topic/employment