4.6% ▲ +44.9%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Linton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Linton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A rise in full-time work of 9.4 percentage points since 2011 has shaped the local workforce in Linton. While the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure, those who are employed are now much more likely to have full-time roles than a decade ago.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About half of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% national figure. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures, though it rose slightly since 2011.
50.3% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 14.6%, followed by construction at 13.3% and retail trade at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.3%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 15.8% of occupations.
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 Linton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222043/linton/topic/employment