1.4% ▼ -66.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Allansford · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny 1.4% unemployment rate marks Allansford as an area where very few people are out of work. Most of the local workforce is found in health care, farming, or manufacturing. This creates a strong employment landscape where more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 66.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 57.0%, a little below the national average.
1.4% ▼ -66.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
66.8% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 14.9%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.2% and manufacturing at 10.8%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job role at 16.1%, while technicians and tradespeople make up 14.8% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Allansford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20028/allansford/topic/employment