4.6% ▲ +84.9%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Donald · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Donald
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 Donald than in the rest of the state, with only 46.8% of adults in the workforce. This is a significant gap of 16 percentage points below the Victorian figure. While the unemployment rate of 4.6% is about the same as the national figure, overall workforce activity has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work fell by 14 points since 2011. Full-time employment is a little below the national figure at 57.2%, and this has dipped 2.5 points since 2011.
46.8% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 57.2%
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 for local workers at 15.1%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.8%. Other common sectors include accommodation and food, education, and retail.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 19.3%. Professionals and managers follow closely, making up 15.1% and 14.5% 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 Donald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215031/donald/topic/employment