3.7% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Echuca · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Echuca
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Echuca, where 17.8% of workers are in this sector. While unemployment is a little below the national figure, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian and Australian figures. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas, sitting at 56.0%.
56.9% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 17.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and construction at 11.0%. Other notable sectors include accommodation and food (9.8%) and manufacturing (9.7%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%. They are followed by technicians and trades at 15.7%, while community and personal service workers account for 14.3% of the 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 Echuca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20838/echuca/topic/employment