5.1% ▲ +103.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buchan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Buchan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the top industry in Buchan, where 23.2% of workers are employed. This is a place where far fewer adults are working or looking for work than in most other areas, with just 54.1% of the adult population in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much less common here than across Victoria, where the figure is 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure of 58.9%, sitting at 50.5%, while the unemployment rate is 5.1%.
54.1% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.5% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from farming and forestry, a large portion of the workforce is found in accommodation and food (17.9%) and health care and social assistance (14.7%). Retail trade and education also employ about 8% to 10% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.8%, while professionals, technicians, and labourers each account for 11.6% of the 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 Buchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20366/buchan/topic/employment