8.0% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yallourn North · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Yallourn North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well below the state and national figures, 56.9% of adults in Yallourn North are working or looking for work. This is a smaller proportion of the population active in the workforce than in most similar areas, though the number of people in full-time work has risen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 8.0%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the 5.1% national figure. While full-time employment rose to 55.5% since 2011, it remains well below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
56.9% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 55.5%
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 20.8%, followed by construction at 11.3% and retail trade at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades make up the largest group of workers at 20.4%, with community and personal service workers at 17.2% and labourers at 16.0%.
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 Yallourn North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215095/yallourn-north/topic/employment