3.7% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northern Grampians · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Northern Grampians
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Daily life in Northern Grampians is shaped by a diverse mix of health care and farming roles. While the unemployment rate is low at 3.7%, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also fallen since 2011 to reach 56.3%, a little below the national average.
52.9% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 17.7%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.2% and manufacturing at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.3%, with labourers at 17.4% and community and personal service workers at 14.9%.
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 Northern Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25810/northern-grampians/topic/employment