3.1% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warrnambool · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Warrnambool
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 Warrnambool, where 19.4% of workers are in this sector. This city has a very strong job market with an unemployment rate of just 3.1%, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. However, full-time employment at 55.3% is well below the national figure and has fallen 4.1 points over the last decade.
61.2% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is largely employed in health care and social assistance (19.4%), followed by retail trade (11.8%) and education and training (9.4%). Manufacturing and construction also play significant roles, at 9.1% and 8.6% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.9%. Other major groups include technicians and trades at 13.9%, labourers at 13.7%, and community and personal service workers at 13.1%.
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2021/warrnambool/topic/employment