8.4% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Trawalla · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Trawalla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults in Trawalla are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. However, the unemployment rate is 8.4%, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 5.0% and the national rate of 5.1%. This means that while more people are active in the workforce, a larger share are struggling to find jobs.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average of 61.1%. Despite this, full-time employment is only 55.0%, which is well below the Victorian rate of 59.2%.
66.9% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 27.5% of the workforce. Other main sectors include health care and social assistance at 15.0% and construction at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.3%, followed by professionals at 21.3%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 20.0% of jobs, while labourers make up 13.8%.
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 Trawalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22573/trawalla/topic/employment