4.3% ▲ +67.8%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
St Arnaud · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in St Arnaud
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 St Arnaud than in the rest of Victoria. This gap is striking, with only 46.7% of adults in the local workforce compared to 62.4% across the state. While the unemployment rate is 4.3%, full-time employment has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 53.6% and has fallen by 3.7 points over the last decade.
46.7% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 53.6%
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 20.1%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.3%. Retail trade accounts for 12.3% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.2%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 16.2% and managers at 13%.
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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215079/st-arnaud/topic/employment