7.8% ▲ +96.9%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Loch Sport · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Loch Sport
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in the workforce in Loch Sport than in typical Australian towns. Only 26.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has dropped by 31 percentage points since 2011. This shift is reflected in the low number of full-time roles and a rising unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the Victorian figure of 59.2%, sitting at just 41.6%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has risen to 7.8%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
26.4% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
41.6% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 14.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 13.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 18.6%, closely followed by technicians and trades workers at 18.2%.
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 Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221043/loch-sport/topic/employment