7.0% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarrawonga Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yarrawonga Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Yarrawonga Park, where 21.4% of workers are in this field. The area faces some job challenges, with an unemployment rate of 7.0% which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Overall, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, sitting at 49.7% compared to 58.9% across the country.
56.4% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.7% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, construction is a major industry for 18.5% of the workforce, followed by retail trade at 13.3% and manufacturing at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 21.4%. Professionals follow at 15.0%, while community and personal service workers account for 12.7% of the local 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 Yarrawonga Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14505/yarrawonga-park/topic/employment