4.6% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Greater Shepparton · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Greater Shepparton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Middle-of-the-road employment trends define Greater Shepparton, where most job figures sit right where you would expect for an area of its type. While full-time work is common, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 57.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment stands at 59.3%, while the unemployment rate has fallen slightly since 2011 to reach 4.6%.
57.2% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 59.3%
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 17.3%, followed by retail trade at 9.6% and manufacturing at 9.3%. Construction and education also employ a significant slice of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%. Other common roles include labourers at 14.3%, managers at 14.2%, and technicians and tradespeople at 13.6%.
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 Greater Shepparton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22830/greater-shepparton/topic/employment