4.6% ▲ +64.6%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stansbury · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Stansbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Stansbury, where 13.2% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The local job market has seen a significant shift, with the proportion of adults working or looking for work dropping by 28 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 34.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also fallen sharply to 40.4%, while the unemployment rate sits at 4.6%, about the same as the rest of the country.
34.7% ▼ -44.9%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.4% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond construction, nearly one in ten workers are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing (9.9%), retail trade (9.3%), or education and training (9.3%). Mining also employs a notable 8.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 19.9%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 13.9%, and equal shares of managers, professionals, and labourers at 11.9% each.
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 Stansbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422052/stansbury/topic/employment