7.9% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dargo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dargo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 38% of workers in Dargo are managers, the most common job role in the area. However, only 40.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This sparsity in employment is paired with a local unemployment rate of 7.9%, which is a little above the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure far below the Victorian average of 59.2%. The number of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest of any similar area.
40.4% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.0%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 27% of workers. Other common sectors include retail trade at 10.8%, while construction, health care, and food services each account for 8.1% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high proportion of managers, 16.2% of people work as labourers or in community and personal services. Clerical and administrative roles make up 10.8% of occupations, with machinery operators and drivers at 8.1%.
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 Dargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20711/dargo/topic/employment