0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Larpent · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Larpent
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher proportions of adults are working or looking for work in Larpent than in most similar areas. This is a highly active workforce where 68.4% of adults are engaged in the labour market, and the unemployment rate is a strikingly low 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 68.4% of adults are working or looking for work—well above the national figure of 61.1%—full-time employment at 57.5% is slightly below the Victorian average. The local unemployment rate is well below the state and national figures.
68.4% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 37.7% of the workforce. Other common fields include manufacturing at 9.4%, followed by education, training, health care and social assistance at 7.5% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 37.7%. Other common roles include labourers at 13.2%, and professionals and technicians and trades both at 11.3%.
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 Larpent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21471/larpent/topic/employment