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Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part)

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Middle-of-the-road employment figures define Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), though it maintains a strong record of keeping people in work. The local unemployment rate is just 3.9%, which is lower than most similar areas and both the state and national figures.

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📍 Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), Urban Centre

Where Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) sits — Unemployment rate

3.9% ▼ -47.7%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) — lower than 63% of areas.

Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part)3.9%
3564, VIC 3.6%
Victoria 5.0%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

While the unemployment rate has fallen 3.6 points since 2011, the share of people working full-time has dropped to 55.8%. This is well below the state figure of 59.2%. Overall, 56.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.

Unemployment rate

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3.9% ▼ -47.7%

Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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56.2% ▲ +2.9%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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55.8% ▼ -9.0%

Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.2%. Other major industries include retail trade at 11.4%, construction at 10.9%, and accommodation and food services at 10.0%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most common occupation at 16.8%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.6%, community and personal service workers at 14.9%, labourers at 12.9%, and managers at 12.0%.

Occupations people work in

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Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) splits fairly evenly between Professionals (17%) and Technicians & trades (16%), with Community & personal service at 15%.

Professionals 16.8% Technicians & trades 15.6% Community & personal service 14.9% Labourers 12.9% Managers 12.0% Sales workers 10.4% Clerical & administrative 9.8% Machinery operators & drivers 6.1%

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 Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212002/echuca-moama/topic/employment