0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waitchie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waitchie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Waitchie than in the rest of the country. This is a small, active workforce where 73.5% of adults are engaged in the labour market. Full-time work is very common here, and there is currently no unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 5.0%. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas at 64.0%, sitting well above the national figure of 58.9%.
73.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 73.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% —
Higher than 76% 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 dominant industry, employing 60.0% of the workforce. Education and training accounts for another 12.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are managers, who make up 48.0% of the occupations in the area.
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 Waitchie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22648/waitchie/topic/employment