5.7% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wycheproof · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wycheproof
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 Wycheproof compared to the rest of the state. Only 43.4% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has fallen 18 points since 2011. This gap stands out against a local unemployment rate of 5.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the number of adults working or looking for work is far below the Victorian average, full-time employment has rose 1.8 points since 2011 to reach 56.3%.
43.4% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for workers here at 20.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five local workers is a manager, while professionals make up 17.1% and labourers account for 15.1% of the workforce.
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 Wycheproof [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221081/wycheproof/topic/employment