4.1% ▼ -59.9%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leitchville · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Leitchville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Leitchville are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. While the unemployment rate is about the same as the state, full-time employment has fallen since 2011. This reflects a workforce that is significantly smaller and less active than in most other Australian areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 52.6%, having fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
46.2% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 14.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4%. Wholesale trade and retail trade also employ notable shares of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%. Technicians and trades people are the next most common at 16.5%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 14.4%.
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 Leitchville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222042/leitchville/topic/employment