2.6% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dhurringile · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dhurringile
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few areas like Dhurringile have such a small proportion of adults working or looking for work, at just 34.3%. While the local unemployment rate of 2.6% is a little below the national figure, overall employment levels remain well below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 34.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below Victoria's 62.4%. Full-time employment at 52.7% is also well below the typical figures for Australia and the state.
34.3% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.7% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.2%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 33.9% of the workforce. Other common sectors include manufacturing and retail trade, each employing 8.9% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 13.4% and labourers at 12.5%.
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 Dhurringile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20751/dhurringile/topic/employment