1.7% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Thorpdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Thorpdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Low unemployment marks the local job market in Thorpdale, where only 1.7% of people are out of work. While few residents are unemployed, full-time work is less common here than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is well below the national average at 53.7%.
59.7% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 31.2% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.8%, and education and training at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.4%. Technicians and tradespeople account for 13.4%, while professionals, community and personal service workers, and labourers each make up 12.6% 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 Thorpdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22511/thorpdale/topic/employment