8.1% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Scamander · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Scamander
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 Scamander, where 15.3% of people are employed in this field. While more adults have started looking for work since 2011, the area still has a much lower rate of employment than most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen to 48.9%, while the unemployment rate of 8.1% remains well above the Australian average.
45.2% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction (12.2%), education and training (10.9%), and accommodation and food (10.0%) following health care as the main industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Job roles are evenly split among professionals and technicians or trades, each making up 17.0% of the workforce, followed by managers and labourers at 14.0% 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 Scamander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621024/scamander/topic/employment