0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goorambat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goorambat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the biggest employers in Goorambat, where a quarter of the workforce is in these fields. While the area has a very low unemployment rate of 0%, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 53.2%.
54.1% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 25.0%, followed by manufacturing and construction, which both account for 12.1% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%, while technicians and trades workers and labourers each represent 15.3% of the population.
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 Goorambat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21068/goorambat/topic/employment