0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Benjeroop · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults in Benjeroop are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures. While 79.5% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment is far below the national average at just 42.4%. This reflects a unique local employment pattern where most adults are active, but few hold standard full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%. This is a stark contrast to Victoria, where 5.0% of the workforce is unemployed.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
79.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.4% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer for 30.3% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 18.2%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common type of worker at 24.2%, while managers make up 18.2% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Benjeroop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20211/benjeroop/topic/employment