7.0% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Harrington · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Harrington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Harrington, where 18.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has seen a significant shift in its workforce, with the proportion of adults working or looking for work falling 17 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 30% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a broader trend where full-time employment has fallen 16 points since 2011, while the unemployment rate is a little above the Australian figure at 7%.
30.0% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.3% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for local workers are accommodation and food (12.1%) and retail trade (11.3%). Construction and education also employ a notable share of the population at 10.3% and 8.3% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 18.9%, followed by community and personal service workers at 14.4%. Technicians and trades people (13.9%), labourers (13%), and managers (11.1%) also make up a large part of the local 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 Harrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115077/harrington/topic/employment