3.8% ▲ +137.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Echuca West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Echuca West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Echuca West are working or looking for work than in most other similar areas. This high activity is seen alongside a low unemployment rate of 3.8%, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 72.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the state and national averages. Full-time employment sits at 57.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
72.7% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance at 19.4%, followed by manufacturing at 12.1% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, with technicians and trades following at 16.1% and community and personal service workers at 15.3%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20840/echuca-west/topic/employment