3.6% ▼ -36.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wangaratta · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wangaratta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates Wangaratta from the Victorian average in terms of adults working or looking for work. Only 55.9% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below both state and national figures. Despite this lower participation, the local unemployment rate of 3.6% is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 55.8%. This mirrors the lower overall workforce participation rate, which is 5.2 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
55.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Wangaratta, accounting for 21.6% of jobs. Retail trade follows at 10.7%, while manufacturing and construction each employ around 8% to 9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.9%. Community and personal service workers follow at 14.9%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 13.9% of roles.
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22680/wangaratta/topic/employment