1.9% ▼ -69.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Birregurra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Birregurra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Birregurra than in most similar areas, though full-time employment is much lower. A very low unemployment rate of 1.9% stands out, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 64% of adults are working or looking for work, only 51.8% are employed full-time. This full-time rate is well below the Victorian figure of 59.2%.
64.0% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12% and construction at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is led by managers and professionals, who each make up 21.5% of the local workers, while technicians and trades account for 16.4%.
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 Birregurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20247/birregurra/topic/employment