4.6% ▲ +68.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edenhope · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Edenhope
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Less than half of adults in Edenhope are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian and national figures. While a small number of people are unemployed, the area has a workforce heavily tied to the land and local services.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the 62.4% seen across Victoria. Of those employed, 57.7% are in full-time roles, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
48.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 25.5% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 17.4% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 22.3%. Other common roles include labourers at 14.3% and professionals at 13.8%.
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 Edenhope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20844/edenhope/topic/employment