3.1% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Terang · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Terang
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 54.7% of adults in Terang are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. While the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national rates at 3.1%, far fewer residents are in the workforce compared to most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Victoria and Australia figures. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas, sitting at 56.3%.
54.7% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 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 18.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.9%. Other common industries include retail trade (9.2%), construction (9.1%), and manufacturing (7.6%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 15.7% of the workforce. Other common roles include labourers (14.7%), technicians and trades (13.7%), managers (13.5%), and professionals (11.5%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Terang
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Terang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22488/terang/topic/employment