1.5% ▼ -59.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Porepunkah · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Porepunkah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A growing share of adults in Porepunkah are working or looking for work, rising 4.6 points since 2011. The area is now marked by a very low unemployment rate of 1.5%, although full-time employment has fallen to 50.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. While this is higher than most similar areas, the proportion of full-time workers is much lower than usual at 50.4%.
64.3% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in accommodation and food (15.1%), construction (12.8%), and retail trade (11.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 17.5%, followed by technicians and trades at 15.1% and professionals at 14.8%.
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 Porepunkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221059/porepunkah/topic/employment