2.7% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warracknabeal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Warracknabeal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Warracknabeal compared to the rest of the country. Only 49.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is 12 to 13 percentage points below the state and national figures. Despite this, the 2.7% unemployment rate is a little below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment stands at 54.8%, which is well below the 59.2% seen across Victoria. This lower rate of full-time work is consistent with the fact that far fewer adults here are active in the labour force overall.
49.4% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 26.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.5%. Retail trade also makes up a significant slice of the local economy at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers are the most common group at 17.8%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.7%, professionals at 13.9%, and managers at 13.4%.
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 Warracknabeal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22697/warracknabeal/topic/employment