3.3% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Great Western · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Great Western
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Great Western than in the rest of the state. Only 57.3% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is lower than in most areas, with 56% of the population employed full-time. This is well below the 59.2% seen across Victoria.
57.3% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers here at 20.6%, followed by manufacturing at 11% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.4%, while community and personal service workers account for 18.2% of the workforce.
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 Great Western [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21098/great-western/topic/employment