0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wargan · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment means everyone who wants a job in Wargan has one. This is a hardworking area where 68% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While more adults are active in the workforce than in most areas, full-time employment at 52.9% is well below the Victorian figure of 59.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
68.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 20.6%, followed by retail trade and other services at 11.8% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of residents are managers, which is the most common occupation, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 17.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Wargan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22691/wargan/topic/employment