6.3% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wondai · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wondai
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 41.2% of adults in Wondai are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This is a remarkably low level of activity for the local workforce. While health care and education are key employers, the town faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far fewer adults are in the workforce here than in the rest of Australia, and this has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011. Full-time employment sits at 56.6%, while the unemployment rate is 6.3%, which is a little above the national figure.
41.2% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 56.6%
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 20.2%. Other major industries include education and training at 11.7%, retail trade at 11.5%, and manufacturing at 11%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.2%. Community and personal service workers follow at 16.8%, with professionals making 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 Wondai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315102/wondai/topic/employment