4.9% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quorn · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Quorn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 47.3% of adults in Quorn are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. While this is a low rate of employment, the unemployment rate is 4.9%, sitting about the same as the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work rose 11 points since 2011 to reach 47.3%. Full-time employment is 56.5%, which is slightly lower than the national figure of 58.9%.
47.3% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in health care and social assistance at 14.6%, and accommodation and food services at 13.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 17.0%, followed by labourers at 13.9% and machinery operators and drivers at 13.7%.
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 Quorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421034/quorn/topic/employment