3.3% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Grampians · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Grampians
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in the Grampians since 2011, with this figure falling by 1.5 percentage points. While the number of full-time jobs has also dipped, the area maintains a very low unemployment rate of 3.3%, which is much lower than most similar regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.9%, which is a little below the Victorian figure and has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
55.1% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 57.9%
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 17.5%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.2%. Retail trade and education also make up a significant part of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common workers at 20.4%, followed by professionals at 14.7% and labourers at 14.0%. Community and personal service workers make up 13.1% of the workforce.
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 Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21501/grampians/topic/employment