0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Orford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Orford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 75.3% of adults in Orford are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. While the area has a very high rate of people in the workforce, a much smaller proportion—52.3%—are in full-time roles compared to the typical Australian area.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the Victorian average of 5.0%. This means almost every adult who wants a job in the area has one.
75.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 73.6%
- 2021: 75.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 53.8% of the local workforce. Other common sectors include administration, health care, and retail, each accounting for about 9% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the local workforce (49.2%) are managers. The rest of the community is split more evenly between technicians, professionals, sales workers and labourers, who each make up about 11% of occupations.
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 Orford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22015/orford/topic/employment