7.1% ▲ +100.7%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Emmaville · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Emmaville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture and health care are the top employers in Emmaville, with each employing 20.7% of the workforce. The local job market has seen a sharp decline over the last decade, with the number of people working or looking for work falling by 28 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 31.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the state average at 40.2%, while the unemployment rate has risen to 7.1%.
31.7% ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.2% ▼ -39.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing, and health care and social assistance, both at 20.7%. Transport and warehousing makes up 11.5% of the workforce, followed by accommodation and food services at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers and labourers are the most common roles at 20.7% each. Machinery operators and drivers follow at 16.1%, with managers and technicians or trades making up the rest of the main 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 Emmaville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122053/emmaville/topic/employment