3.3% —
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Roe (Agricultural) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Roe (Agricultural)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 27.8% of the workforce in Roe (Agricultural), making it the dominant industry for the area. Full-time work is very common here, with a typical employment pattern that is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most similar areas at 62%. While 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is very low at 3.3%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
60.5% —
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.0% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond the heavy focus on farming and forestry, the rest of the workforce is spread across health care and social assistance (9.0%), education and training (8.4%), and retail trade (7.0%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.7%, followed by labourers at 14.8% and technicians and trades at 13.4%.
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 Roe (Agricultural) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54701/roe/topic/employment