3.5% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buloke · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Buloke
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Farming and management drive the local economy in Buloke, where nearly one in three people work in agriculture. While few residents are unemployed, the total number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is just 3.5%, a little below both the state and national rates.
52.4% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 30.7% of the workforce. Other main employers include health care and social assistance at 12.1% and education and training at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common a job role at 29.6%, followed by labourers at 13.8% and professionals at 13.3%. Technicians and trades people make up 10.7% 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 Buloke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21270/buloke/topic/employment