13.4% ▲ +219.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Halls Creek · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Halls Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge gap exists between the employment rates in Halls Creek (L) and the rest of the country. While full-time work has surged to 71.6% of the workforce, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 36.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average that has fallen 34 points since 2011. At the same time, the unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas at 13.4%, which is well above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
36.1% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 70.1%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.6% ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 70.7%
- 2021: 71.6%
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 23.3%, followed by education and training at 19.6% and public administration and safety at 15.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 24.1%, with professionals representing 21.8% 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 Halls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521024/halls-creek/topic/employment