5.7% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Corryong · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Corryong
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 Corryong compared to most similar areas. Only 48.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This local workforce is also less likely to have full-time roles than people in other parts of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Victorian average, though it has risen 6.2 percentage points since 2011. Full-time employment has fallen since then and is now well below the national figure, while the unemployment rate of 5.7% is about the same as for Australia.
48.3% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Corryong at 21.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.0%. Other common industries include education and training at 9.7% and retail trade at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation group at 17.1%, followed closely by professionals at 16.5%. Managers make up 13.6% of the workforce, while community and personal service workers and technicians and trades each sit around 12%.
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 Corryong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215027/corryong/topic/employment