4.1% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Casterton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Casterton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Casterton, where about 20.5% of workers are in this sector. The town has a small workforce relative to its size, with only 43.8% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also well below the state and national levels, sitting at 55.6%.
43.8% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 20.5%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.2%. Other common industries include retail trade at 10.3% and education at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 16.1%. Community and personal service workers make up 15.1% of the workforce, while managers and professionals account for 14.8% and 12.9% respectively.
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 Casterton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20513/casterton/topic/employment