4.8% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Corryong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Corryong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Corryong compared to the rest of the state. Just over half the adult population is in the labour force, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This gap defines the local employment landscape, where full-time work is also less common than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 54.4%, while the 4.8% unemployment rate is about the same as the national figure.
51.0% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 54.4%
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 19.5%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.8%. Retail trade and education both account for 7.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 18.2%, while professionals and labourers each make up 16.0% of the local workforce. Technicians and trades people represent 11.9% of workers.
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 Corryong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20648/corryong/topic/employment