1.4% ▼ -67.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Koroit · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Koroit
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny 1.4% unemployment rate makes Koroit a place where far fewer people are out of work than in most similar areas. While 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, the proportion of full-time roles is notably low compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.3%, which is 7.6 percentage points lower than the Australian average. However, the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas, sitting at just 1.4%.
62.2% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.9%. Construction, manufacturing, and education also make up significant shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals are the most common occupation group at 16.4%. Technicians and trades follow closely at 15.3%, while community and personal service workers make up 15.2% 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 Koroit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21396/koroit/topic/employment