2.3% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kongwak · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kongwak
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 29% of working locals in Kongwak are managers, the highest proportion of any single job type. While a high 70.5% of adults are working or looking for work, far fewer people have full-time roles compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 2.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. However, full-time employment at 43.8% is far below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
70.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.8% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer for 23.1% of the workforce. Other common industries include construction at 14.9% and health care and social assistance at 14.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, the most common roles are technicians and trades at 17.4%, followed by community and personal service workers at 11.6%.
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 Kongwak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21378/kongwak/topic/employment