3.3% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Loch · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Loch
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for workers in Loch, where 16.0% of the workforce is employed in these fields. The local job market is relatively stable, with an unemployment rate of 3.3% that is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 57.8%, a little below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
61.9% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 67.0%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.6%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond farming and forestry, the biggest employers are health care and social assistance at 11.1%, followed closely by construction at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%, followed by technicians and tradespeople at 17.7% and professionals at 15.1%.
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 Loch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21523/loch/topic/employment