0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wail · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wail
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 9.3 percentage point gap separates Wail from the national average in full-time employment, where 68.2% of the workforce holds a full-time role. While this is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. However, only 56.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the 61.1% seen across Australia.
56.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary employer for 40.9% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 31.8% and construction at 13.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is spread evenly across several roles, with 27.3% in community and personal service and equal shares of 22.7% each for managers, professionals, and technicians and trades.
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 Wail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22646/wail/topic/employment