0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woomelang · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woomelang
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of all workers in Woomelang are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This industry dominates the local workforce, though only 28.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 28.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Among those employed, 55.6% are full-time, which is well below the national figure, though the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 0.0%.
28.7% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary employer at 48.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.0% and retail trade at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 42.6%, with professionals accounting for another 14.8% of the workforce.
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 Woomelang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22852/woomelang/topic/employment