0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narrawong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Narrawong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny unemployment rate of 0% means almost everyone looking for work in Narrawong has found a job. This creates a stable local environment, though full-time employment is notably lower here than in the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 58.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time work is also less common here, at 55.2%, compared to 59.2% across Victoria.
58.2% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several key sectors, with health care and social assistance (14.6%) and manufacturing (14.2%) being the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.9%, followed by managers at 17.5% and technicians and tradespeople 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 Narrawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21892/narrawong/topic/employment