4.6% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Silkwood · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Silkwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is very high in Silkwood, with 65.9% of the workforce in permanent roles. This is well above the national figure, though the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While full-time work is common, only 48.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This participation rate has fallen 6.3 points since 2011, though the unemployment rate has stayed steady at 4.6%.
48.1% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.9% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 75.7%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with retail trade leading at 16.5%, followed closely by manufacturing at 15.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common job role at 20%, while community and personal service workers make up 16.5% 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 Silkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322108/silkwood/topic/employment