3.2% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Fairy · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Port Fairy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Port Fairy, where 18.3% of the workforce is found in this sector. The town has a very low unemployment rate of 3.2%, although far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 49.1%, leaving Port Fairy well below the national average.
51.3% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.1% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, local jobs are concentrated in accommodation and food (12.3%), followed by retail trade, education and training, and construction, each making up about 8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.8%, with managers making up a further 18.6% of the local working group.
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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215069/port-fairy/topic/employment