3.8% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Korumburra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Korumburra
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 Korumburra compared to the rest of the state. Only 53.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Despite this lower participation, the local unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than most areas, with only 52.1% of the population working full-time. This is well below both the Victorian figure of 59.2% and the national figure of 58.9%.
53.3% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.1% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 52.1%
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 16.2%, followed by construction at 11% and retail trade at 10.2%. Manufacturing and education also play key roles, accounting for 9.8% and 7.4% of jobs respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.8%. Labourers, community and personal service workers, professionals and managers each account for between 12.8% and 13.8% of the local 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 Korumburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21399/korumburra/topic/employment