5.3% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heyfield · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Heyfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Heyfield compared to the rest of the state. While 57.9% of the workforce is in full-time roles, the overall number of people active in the labour market is significantly lower than across Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4% and fell by 9.4 percentage points since 2011. The unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
43.0% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.1%, followed by retail trade at 14.5% and manufacturing at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%, with technicians and trades people following at 14.1% and machinery operators and drivers at 11.8%.
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 Heyfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215039/heyfield/topic/employment