4.3% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kyabram · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kyabram
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kyabram than in the rest of the state. While 51.2% of adults are in the labour force, the number of people employed full-time has risen to 56.4% since 2011. This shift has helped push the local unemployment rate down to 4.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this gap, the unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the rates for Victoria and Australia.
51.2% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 16.9% of workers. Manufacturing is also prominent at 14.3%, followed by retail trade at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%. Professionals and technicians and trades are also common, accounting for 15.8% and 15.7% of the local workforce respectively.
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 Kyabram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214012/kyabram/topic/employment