3.4% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nagambie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nagambie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Nagambie compared to the rest of the country. Despite this, those who are employed are more likely to be in full-time roles than the national average. The local economy relies on a broad mix of healthcare, farming, and construction work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below Victoria's 62.4%. However, full-time employment is high at 62.3%, well above the national figure of 58.9%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the Australian average at 3.4%.
51.7% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 12.9%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing (12.2%) and construction (12.1%) follow closely, while manufacturing accounts for 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are labourers at 16.7%, followed by managers at 15.7% and technicians and tradespeople at 15.6%. Professionals make up 13.9% of the workforce, with community and personal service workers at 13.0%.
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 Nagambie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21867/nagambie/topic/employment