4.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nathalia · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nathalia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Nathalia than in most other areas, with only 55.4% of the adult population in the labour force. This is well below the Victoria figure of 62.4%. The local job market is diverse, with a strong presence in health, farming, and manufacturing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.2%, which is well below the state average, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%.
55.4% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.4%. This is followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.6%, and manufacturing at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 16.9%. Other common roles include labourers at 14.6% and professionals at 14.4%.
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 Nathalia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21898/nathalia/topic/employment