3.3% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goroke · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goroke
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for people in Goroke, employing 33.9% of the workforce. While full-time employment is well above the national figure, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian average of 62.4%. However, for those who are employed, 62.7% work full-time, a figure well above the national average.
51.9% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest industry at 33.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 16.1% and education and training at 14.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One third of workers are managers, while 21.2% are professionals. Other common roles include labourers at 16.9% and community and personal service workers at 16.1%.
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 Goroke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21075/goroke/topic/employment