8.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yaapeet · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yaapeet
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Yaapeet, where 75.8% of the workforce holds a full-time role. While most workers have steady jobs, the area has a much higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 57.8%. This is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%, and the unemployment rate of 8.1% is well above the national average.
57.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.8% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 75.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry in Yaapeet, employing 57.6% of the workforce. Education and health care each make up 9.1% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a huge portion of the local workforce at 60.6%, followed by professionals at 27.3%. Labourers account for 9.1% of occupations.
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 Yaapeet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22886/yaapeet/topic/employment