6.3% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kaarimba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kaarimba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Kaarimba than in most other similar areas. This is a productive region where 71.4% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure far above the national average. However, the area also faces a slightly higher unemployment rate than the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 77.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also very high at 71.4%, though the unemployment rate of 6.3% is a little above the national figure.
77.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.6%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 77.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.4% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 87.5%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry in Kaarimba, employing 51.8% of the workforce. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 23.2% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 33.9%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 17.9% and labourers 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 Kaarimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21280/kaarimba/topic/employment