4.8% ▲ +99.9%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ouyen · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Ouyen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shrinking workforce defines the local economy in Ouyen, where the proportion of adults working or looking for work has plummeted by 25 percentage points since 2011. While nearly 60% of workers have full-time roles, the overall participation in the labour force is now far below the national and state figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the 61.1% national average. While full-time employment is higher than most areas at 59.4%, the unemployment rate has risen to 4.8% since 2011.
48.4% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 73.1%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.3%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.4%. Education and training also make up a significant 9% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers in Ouyen are managers, and 16.4% are professionals. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13%, with machinery operators and drivers making up 12.5% of the workforce.
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 Ouyen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215067/ouyen/topic/employment