5.9% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Central Goldfields · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Central Goldfields
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Central Goldfields than in the rest of the state. Only 43.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is 19 points lower than the Victorian average. This gap defines a local job market where full-time roles are less common than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.5%, a rate that has fallen 3.9 points since 2011. While the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas, it has dipped slightly to 5.9%.
43.3% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.5% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 51.5%
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 17.5%, followed by manufacturing at 12.9% and retail trade at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 16.5%, while technicians and tradespeople make up 15.5% 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 Central Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21670/central-goldfields/topic/employment