4.0% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warragul · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Warragul
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Warragul sits around the middle of similar areas for its job market and employment rates. About 59.3% of adults are working or looking for work, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is about the same as the state average. Full-time employment sits at 57.4%, a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
59.3% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 57.4%
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 16.4%. Construction follows at 12.4%, while education and training employs 11.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common job type at 21.8%. Other major occupations include technicians and trades at 14.2% and community and personal service workers at 13.0%.
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 Warragul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22698/warragul/topic/employment