3.5% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buloke · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Buloke
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Buloke compared to the rest of the state, with only 52.4% active in the labour force. This is a striking gap of 10 percentage points below the Victorian figure. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is very low at 3.5%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.6% of people are employed full-time, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has fallen 4.6 percentage points since 2011. The overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%.
52.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for the area, employing 30.8% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.1%, and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 29.6%. This is followed by labourers at 13.7% and professionals at 13.2%, while technicians and trades workers account for 10.7% of occupations.
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 Buloke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031400/buloke/topic/employment