4.7% ▼ -50.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Argenton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Argenton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Argenton, where 17.6% of the workforce is employed in this field. The local job market is modest, with far fewer adults working or looking for work than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is about the same as the state average at 57.4%, the unemployment rate of 4.7% is higher than in most similar areas.
54.9% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads local employment at 17.6%, followed by construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 10.4%. Other notable employers include accommodation and food services at 7.7% and manufacturing at 7.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades, making up 18.6% of jobs. This is followed by labourers at 13.8% and community and personal service workers at 13.7%.
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 Argenton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10079/argenton/topic/employment