4.0% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kyabram · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kyabram
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kyabram than in most other similar areas. Only 54.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a local workforce that is significantly smaller than expected for its size.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. However, full-time employment is also a little below the national level at 56.3%.
54.1% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 16.0%, followed by manufacturing at 13.3% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.6%. Technicians and trades workers follow at 15.9%, with professionals accounting for 15.0% 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 Kyabram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21412/kyabram/topic/employment