4.2% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nar Nar Goon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nar Nar Goon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Nar Nar Goon compared to the rest of the country. While 68.8% of adults are active in the workforce, full-time employment sits slightly below the national figure at 56.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local employment rate is well above the Victorian average of 62.4%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
68.8% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here, employing 16.1% of people. Other major sectors include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.7%, and manufacturing at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five locals work as managers (19.6%) or as technicians and tradespeople (19.4%). Labourers make up 12.4% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 11.1%.
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 Nar Nar Goon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21878/nar-nar-goon/topic/employment