0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gerang Gerung · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gerang Gerung
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over half of the workforce in Gerang Gerung is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This rural community has a remarkably strong employment profile, with an unemployment rate of 0.0% and a very high proportion of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 86.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also very high at 77.8%, far exceeding the 59.2% seen across Victoria.
86.5% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.9%
- 2016: 78.2%
- 2021: 86.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
77.8% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 77.8%
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 51.1% of the workforce. Other notable sectors include public administration and safety at 13.3%, and wholesale trade and transport at 8.9% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 44.4%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.6%, and sales workers at 11.1%.
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 Gerang Gerung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20984/gerang-gerung/topic/employment