8.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Low Head · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Low Head
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Low Head, where 17.4% of people are employed in this sector. While these roles are prominent, the area has a much lower share of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is alongside an unemployment rate of 8.2%, which is well above the Australian average of 5.1%.
37.5% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing and education and training both employ 14.0% of the workforce, followed by accommodation and food at 11.0% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.4%, while technicians and trades account for 13.4% and community and personal service workers for 12.8%.
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 Low Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621017/low-head/topic/employment