0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carapooee · Suburb / Locality
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 Carapooee than in most similar areas. Only 47.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is much lower than the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this low participation, there is currently no unemployment in the area.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the Victorian average, with only 40.9% of residents working full-time. This is 18 percentage points lower than both the state and national figures.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
47.8% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.9% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with retail trade and public administration and safety each making up 22.7% of jobs. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow at 18.2%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and technicians or trades workers are the most common roles, each representing 22.7% of occupations. Community and personal service roles account for another 13.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Carapooee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20481/carapooee/topic/employment