4.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stawell · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stawell
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Stawell compared to the rest of the state. Only 52% of adults are in the labour force, which is 10 percentage points below the Victorian figure. This gap defines the local employment landscape, despite an unemployment rate of 4.3% that is about the same as the national level.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 56.3%, which is a little below the national figure. This is lower than most similar areas, and the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most other regions.
52.0% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 20.2%, followed by manufacturing at 15.5%. Retail trade employs 9% of the workforce, while public administration, safety, accommodation, and food services each account for 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, with community and personal service workers following at 16.8%. Professionals and technicians and trades workers both account for 12.2% of the population, while managers make up 11.2%.
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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22354/stawell/topic/employment