3.5% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Campaspe · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Campaspe
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Campaspe, where 15.7% of workers are in this sector. The region has a smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state. While full-time employment has dipped, the local unemployment rate is now lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the 62.4% seen across Victoria. Full-time work has fallen since 2011 to 56.7%, though the unemployment rate has also dropped to 3.5%, a little below the national figure.
56.1% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the way at 15.7%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.5%. Other major employers include manufacturing at 10.4%, retail trade at 9.7%, and construction at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 16.7%, with technicians and trades following at 14.9%. Labourers and professionals both make up 14.3% of the workforce, while community and personal service roles account for 12.2%.
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 Campaspe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21370/campaspe/topic/employment