0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Drung · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Drung
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high number of adults are active in the workforce in Drung, where 78.7% are working or looking for work. This is far above the Victorian figure of 62.4%, with a local unemployment rate that has dropped to 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most similar areas. Full-time employment sits at 57.6%, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
78.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.3%
- 2016: 76.8%
- 2021: 78.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 71.7%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 24.7%, followed by retail trade at 17.6%. Health care and social assistance also employ 11.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.8%. Professionals account for 15.3%, while labourers and sales workers make up 9.4% and 7.1% 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 Drung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20800/drung/topic/employment