3.9% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Castlemaine · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Castlemaine
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Castlemaine, with 17.5% of the workforce in this sector. The area has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, at just 48.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer people are in the workforce here than in most other areas, and the share of full-time jobs has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 46.3%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is very low at 3.9%, which is a little below the national figure.
48.6% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 89% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.3% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for local workers are education and training at 11.7%, manufacturing at 9.7%, and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.5%, followed by technicians and trades at 12.8% and managers at 12.6%.
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 Castlemaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2005/castlemaine/topic/employment