2.2% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Garvoc · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Garvoc
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate defines Garvoc, where 69.4% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The area is a productive hub with a high proportion of full-time workers and very low unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Most adults here are in the workforce, with 64.1% employed full-time, which is well above the 59.2% seen across Victoria. The unemployment rate is only 2.2%, a little below both the state and national figures.
69.4% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.1% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 45.8% of workers. Other common employers include health care and social assistance at 13.0%, and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 37.4%. Other common roles include labourers at 16.0% and technicians and tradespeople at 14.5%.
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 Garvoc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20969/garvoc/topic/employment