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Barkly · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Barkly

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Only 27.3% of adults in Barkly are working or looking for work, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since 2011. This represents a very low level of workforce activity compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Barkly, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Just 27.3% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is far below the 62.4% seen across Victoria and the 61.1% national figure.

Labour-force participation

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27.3% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The most common industries people work in is Manufacturing at 25%, ahead of Retail trade (25%).

Industries people work in

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Barkly splits fairly evenly between Manufacturing (33%) and Retail trade (33%), with Health care & social assistance at 33%.

Manufacturing 25.0% Retail trade 25.0% Health care & social assistance 25.0%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 25%, ahead of Community & personal service (25%).

Occupations people work in

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Barkly splits fairly evenly between Managers (33%) and Community & personal service (33%), with Labourers at 33%.

Managers 25.0% Community & personal service 25.0% Labourers 25.0%

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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20142/barkly/topic/employment