3.7% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moorabool · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Moorabool
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Moorabool than in most similar areas. The local job market is strong, with an unemployment rate of 3.7% which is lower than both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.7% of adults are in the workforce, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Full-time employment is slightly more common here than across Australia, though it fell 1.6 points over the last decade to 60.6%.
63.7% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the largest employer in the area at 14.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.3% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split evenly between professionals and technicians and trades, who each make up 17% of the local workforce. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 13.8%.
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 Moorabool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25150/moorabool/topic/employment