0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Werrimull · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the norm for most employees in Werrimull, where 74.4% of the workforce holds a full-time position. While this is far above the national figure, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is quite low at 53.7%. This creates a unique local job market where those in employment are very secure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is non-existent here at 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national rates. However, only 53.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the Victorian average of 62.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
53.7% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
74.4% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing dominate the local economy, employing 65.1% of the workforce. Other common industries include education and training at 14% and health care and social assistance at 7%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce are managers, making up 53.5% of all jobs. The rest of the local workforce is mostly employed in community and personal service roles (20.9%) and as machinery operators or drivers (16.3%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Werrimull [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22752/werrimull/topic/employment