16.7% ▲ +350.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Genoa · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Genoa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for workers in Genoa, where a third of the workforce is employed in these fields. The area faces significant employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 16.7% which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas. Full-time employment is also far below the state and national figures at just 33.3%.
44.4% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
33.3% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Genoa is split across several sectors, with 33.3% in agriculture, forestry and fishing, while manufacturing, education, and health care each employ 16.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 29.2%. Professionals, community and personal service workers, and labourers each account for 20.8% of the workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Genoa
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Genoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20980/genoa/topic/employment