2.9% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Longerenong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Longerenong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just over half of adults in Longerenong are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. While the local workforce is small, those who are employed tend to work full-time at rates similar to the rest of Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below both Victoria and Australia. However, the unemployment rate is 2.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
50.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
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 28% of the workforce. Other services follow at 11.8%, with accommodation and food making up 8.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are managers, making up 24.7% of the local workforce. This is followed by technicians and trades at 19.4% and labourers at 17.2%.
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 Longerenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21535/longerenong/topic/employment