2.9% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gowrie Junction · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Gowrie Junction
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Gowrie Junction than in the rest of the country. The area is a strong employment hub where 73.3% of adults are active in the labour force, a figure far above the national average. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of just 2.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 62.7%, and this has risen 5 points since 2011. This trend helps explain why the share of adults working or looking for work has climbed 17 points over the last decade.
73.3% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.9%, followed by construction at 11.9% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 20.7%, while professionals account for 17.2% 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 Gowrie Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315038/gowrie-junction/topic/employment