4.7% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Latrobe - Gippsland · Region (SA4)
Jobs & Industry in Latrobe - Gippsland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in Latrobe - Gippsland, where 15.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.7% since 2011, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also dropped since 2011, with 54.2% of the workforce now in full-time roles, a figure well below the national average.
53.5% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 79% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 82% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 15.5%, followed by construction at 10.9% and retail trade at 9.4%. Education and training and agriculture, forestry and fishing also employ significant shares at 8.6% and 7.5% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%, with technicians and trades closely behind at 15.7%. Other common roles include managers at 14.0%, community and personal service workers at 12.9%, and labourers at 12.2%.
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 Latrobe - Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/205/latrobe-gippsland/topic/employment