3.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Campaspe · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Campaspe
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low unemployment rate of 3.5% defines the workforce in Campaspe. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures, those who are employed enjoy a stable market where joblessness has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also fallen 3.3 points since 2011 to 56.7%, a figure slightly lower than the national average.
56.1% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.7%
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 15.7%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.5%. Manufacturing accounts for 10.4% of local jobs, while retail trade and construction both sit around 9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 16.7%. Other significant roles include technicians and trades at 15%, labourers at 14.3%, and professionals at 14.2%.
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 Campaspe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21601/campaspe/topic/employment