2.4% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warracknabeal · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Warracknabeal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Warracknabeal, with 28.2% of workers in the field. While the town has a very low unemployment rate of 2.4%, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure and a 17 point drop since 2011. Full-time employment also fell 5.1 points over that decade to 54.7%, which is well below the Victorian average.
48.3% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 70.5%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.7% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for workers are retail trade at 10.4% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.0%. Education and training follow at 8.2%, with construction at 6.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are community and personal service workers at 18.2% and technicians and trades at 15.1%. Professionals make up 14.3% of the workforce, while managers and labourers account for 12.4% and 11.6% respectively.
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 Warracknabeal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215089/warracknabeal/topic/employment