4.5% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 66% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Other Urban · Section of State
Jobs & Industry in Other Urban
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 56.7% of adults in Other Urban are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a workforce where full-time employment has fallen since 2011, though the unemployment rate remains lower than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment fell by 3.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 56.8%, which is a little below the Australian figure. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national rate.
56.7% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 50% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.7%, followed by construction at 11.1% and retail trade at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%, with technicians and tradespeople following at 15.4%.
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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS21/other-urban/topic/employment