3.4% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Strathbogie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Strathbogie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Strathbogie compared to the rest of the country, with only 47.4% in the workforce. This is a significant gap of 14 percentage points below the national figure. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national average at 3.4%, the overall number of people employed is notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victoria figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, sitting at 55.7%.
47.4% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 55.7%
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 31.3% of the workforce. Other main employers include health care and social assistance at 11.5% and construction at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.1%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 17.6%, while labourers, professionals, and technicians and trades each account for around 13% of the workforce.
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 Strathbogie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22372/strathbogie/topic/employment