0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nareen · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 85.5% of adults are working or looking for work in Nareen, making it a highly active workforce. This employment rate is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Most of the local economy is driven by the primary sector, with a huge proportion of people working in farming and land management.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 76.6% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is far above the Victorian average of 59.2%. This strong engagement is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is well below the national figure at 0.0%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
85.5% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
76.6% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing dominate the local economy, employing 61.7% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance make up the next largest sector at 10.6%, followed by education and training at 8.5%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the working population are managers, accounting for 44.7% of all occupations. Professionals, technicians, trades, and clerical workers each make up 8.5% of the workforce, while machinery operators and drivers account for 6.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Nareen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21882/nareen/topic/employment