5.5% ▲ +58.7%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Berrigan · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Berrigan
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 Berrigan, employing 15.3% of the workforce. While full-time work is more common here than in most similar areas, the overall number of adults working or looking for work has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 39.3%, which is far below the national figure. Full-time employment is relatively high at 59.6%, though this has fallen 4.3 points since 2011, while unemployment has risen to 5.5%.
39.3% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the main industries for residents are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.1%, and retail trade at 9.2%. Accommodation and food services follow at 8.3%, with construction making up 7.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 19.1%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 15.9%. Technicians and trades workers make up 15.3% 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 Berrigan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121007/berrigan/topic/employment