5.2% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mildura · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Mildura
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 Mildura than in most other areas, with only 57.0% of the adult population in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the unemployment rate has improved since 2011, falling to 5.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is well below the Victorian average by 5.4 points. Full-time employment sits at 59.4%, which is about the same as the rest of the country, though this figure has fallen 2.2 points since 2011.
57.0% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 59.4%
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 15.0%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.0%. Retail trade also employs a significant 10.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.4%. Other common roles include labourers at 14.5% and managers at 14.3%, while technicians and trades workers account for 13.4%.
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 Mildura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21502/mildura/topic/employment