3.8% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Castlemaine · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Castlemaine
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 48.1% of adults in Castlemaine are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national rate. This low participation is matched by a sharp drop in full-time employment, which has fallen by 10 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the Victorian figure at 46.5%, and the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar areas. Despite this, the unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
48.1% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.5% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 46.5%
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 17.3%, followed by education and training at 11.7%. Manufacturing and retail trade also make up significant shares of the local workforce at 9.9% and 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 30.5%. Managers, technicians, tradespeople, and community or personal service workers each make up around 12% of the workforce.
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/ucl/UCL213002/castlemaine/topic/employment