1.6% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Birchip · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Birchip
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Birchip than in the rest of the country. While only 55.6% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate is very low at just 1.6%. This means most people who want a job in the town have one.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, full-time employment sits at 59.7%, which is about the same as across Victoria.
55.6% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer for 26.8% of the workforce. Other significant industries include health care and social assistance at 13.9% and education and training at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are managers, making it the most common occupation at 25.8%. Professionals follow at 19.4%, while technicians and trades make up 11.6% 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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20244/birchip/topic/employment