12.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Derrinal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Derrinal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 12.0% marks the current job market in Derrinal, which is well above both the state and national figures. Only 54.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is well below the Victorian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Very few people here work full-time, with only 54.8% doing so, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. This is consistent with a high unemployment rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
54.3% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance both accounting for 16.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A third of workers in the area are managers, while professionals make up 16.7% of the local 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 Derrinal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20744/derrinal/topic/employment