2.9% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarriambiack · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Yarriambiack
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working life in Yarriambiack is dominated by the land, with over a quarter of the workforce employed in farming and fishing. While far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, those who are employed face very little competition for jobs.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. The unemployment rate is very low at 2.9%, while full-time employment has fallen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
49.6% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer at 27.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 19.8%. Other common industries include education and training (8.0%) and retail trade (7.3%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 25.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (12.8%), labourers (12.5%), professionals (12.4%) and technicians or tradespeople (10.4%).
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 Yarriambiack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27630/yarriambiack/topic/employment