2.5% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nhill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nhill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly a quarter of Nhill's workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, far outweighing most other industries. While the local unemployment rate is very low at 2.5%, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. However, those who are employed are often in full-time roles, at 61.7%, and the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure.
56.0% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry at 23.5%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 21.0%. Other common employers include education and training at 8.1% and manufacturing at 7.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split almost evenly between labourers at 20.6% and managers at 20.4%. Professionals make up 13.6% of workers, while technicians and trades account for 11.3%.
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 Nhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21939/nhill/topic/employment