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Jobs & Industry in Wartook

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Much higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Wartook. While the typical worker here is more likely to have a full-time job than those in the rest of the country, a smaller share of the adult population is working or looking for work overall.

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📍 Wartook, Suburb / Locality

Where Wartook sits — Unemployment rate

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wartook — lower than 99% of areas.

Wartook0.0%
3401, VIC 1.4%
Victoria 5.0%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 65.9%, while the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 0.0%. However, only 52.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian average of 62.4%.

Unemployment rate

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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52.9% ▼ -13.6%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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65.9% ▲ +6.6%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Work in Wartook is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 25.0%. Other significant industries include accommodation and food services at 20.5% and professional and technical services at 15.9%.

Industries people work in

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In Wartook, the largest group is Agriculture, forestry & fishing at 29%, followed by Accommodation & food (24%) and Professional & technical (18%).

Agriculture, forestry & fishing 25.0% Accommodation & food 20.5% Professional & technical 15.9% Public administration & safety 11.4% Finance & insurance 6.8% Health care & social assistance 6.8%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The most common jobs are clerical and administrative roles at 22.7%, followed by managers at 20.5% and labourers at 18.2%. Professionals and machinery operators and drivers each make up 9.1% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Wartook splits fairly evenly between Clerical & administrative (24%) and Managers (22%), with Labourers at 20%.

Clerical & administrative 22.7% Managers 20.5% Labourers 18.2% Professionals 9.1% Machinery operators & drivers 9.1% Technicians & trades 6.8% Community & personal service 6.8%

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 Wartook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22713/wartook/topic/employment