4.2% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wodonga · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Wodonga
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 Wodonga, with 16.9% of the workforce in this field. The area has a strong working population, though the proportion of full-time roles has dipped since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is higher than most similar areas. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2% since 2011, full-time employment has also dropped by 2.7 percentage points over the same period.
62.5% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by health care and social assistance (16.9%) and public administration and safety (11.6%). Retail trade (10.8%), construction (9.9%) and manufacturing (9.8%) also employ significant shares of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 17.4%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.8% and community and personal service workers at 14.6%.
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 Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27170/wodonga/topic/employment