3.0% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Swan Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Swan Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the job market in Swan Hill. While about 60% of adults are working or looking for work, the local unemployment rate is a low 3.0%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 60.0%, slightly above the national figure of 58.9%. This is a bit higher than most similar areas, even though the overall number of adults working or looking for work is a little below the state's 62.4%.
59.8% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 60.0%
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 15.7%, followed by retail trade at 9.8% and education and training at 9.3%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also make up a significant part of the local economy at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals are the most common type of worker at 17.2%, with labourers following at 14.9%. Managers, technicians and trades, and community and personal service workers each make up between 12.8% and 13.7% 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22405/swan-hill/topic/employment