2.9% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Echuca Village · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Echuca Village
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than usual share of adults are working or looking for work in Echuca Village, though full-time employment is well below national levels. Around 64.2% of adults are active in the labour market, yet only 54.6% are employed full-time. This creates a noticeable gap compared to the Victorian average for full-time work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 64.2% of adults are working or looking for work—well above the 61.1% national figure—full-time roles are less common here than in most areas. However, the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national figures at 2.9%.
64.2% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area at 18.2%, followed by manufacturing at 11.3%. Health care and social assistance (10.6%) and retail trade (10.3%) also employ significant portions of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers (25.2%) are technicians or tradespeople. Other common roles include managers at 15.2%, clerical and administrative staff at 11.6%, and professionals at 10.9%.
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 Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20839/echuca-village/topic/employment