5.3% ▼ -80.4%
Higher than 52% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rural Balance · Section of State
Jobs & Industry in Rural Balance
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer adults are working or looking for work in Rural Balance than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate has dropped sharply to 5.3%, the proportion of people in full-time work has also fallen over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the Australian average at 55.6%, having fallen nearly 10 points since 2011.
39.6% ▲ +440.9%
Lower than 81% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 68% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the biggest employer here at 18.2%, followed by accommodation and food services at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades at 16.1% and managers at 15.2%, with clerical workers and labourers both making up 12.8% of the workforce.
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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS93/rural-balance/topic/employment