1.6% ▼ -77.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Koroit · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Koroit
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny unemployment rate of just 1.6% marks Koroit as a place where very few people are out of work. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, far fewer hold full-time positions compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of full-time workers has dropped 14 points since 2011 to 51.4%, which is well below the Victorian average of 59.2%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is among the lowest for areas of this size at 1.6%, down 5.4 points from 2011.
61.8% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 51.4%
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 Koroit at 18.5%, followed by retail trade at 13.1% and construction at 8.8%. Manufacturing and education both employ 8.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.5%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 16.5% and technicians and trades people at 15.4%.
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 Koroit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215044/koroit/topic/employment