8.0% ▲ +107.9%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Robinvale · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Robinvale
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 Robinvale than in most similar areas. While 60.7% of the workforce is in full-time roles, the local unemployment rate of 8.0% is much higher than the figures for most other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is far below the Victorian average and has fallen by 9.6 points since 2011. This comes alongside an unemployment rate of 8.0%, which is well above the state and national levels.
48.8% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.7% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 36.5% of the workforce. Other common industries include administration and support at 8.5% and retail trade at 5.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 40.7%, followed by managers at 13.0% and machinery operators and drivers at 10.1%.
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 Robinvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215072/robinvale/topic/employment