Strong communities and businesses in regional Victoria are driving nation-leading jobs growth, with the state entering the new year bolstered by a new high mark for regional employment.<\/p>\n
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force figures show an extra 5,600 jobs were created in regional Victoria in December, reflecting a robust economy that is creating opportunities across the board.<\/p>\n
More than 826,000 people in regional Victoria have the security of a job, an increase of more than 25 per cent since November 2014. That represents the country\u2019s highest regional jobs growth in that period.<\/p>\n
Regional unemployment in Victoria sits at 3 per cent, compared with the national regional average of 3.3 per cent.<\/p>\n
More than 36,000 new jobs have been created in regional Victoria in the past 12 months alone \u2013 the comparative figure in New South Wales is less than 20,000 and in South Australia, it\u2019s less than 10,000.<\/p>\n
Unemployment is very low in many areas of Victoria, according to the ABS data, including Shepperton (1 per cent), Warrnambool and the South West (1.3 per cent), Bendigo (2.5 per cent) and Geelong (2.7 per cent).<\/p>\n
The state\u2019s overall employment levels are just shy of the record mark achieved late last year \u2013 more than 3.68 million jobs in total.<\/p>\n
The increase in jobs of more than 760,000 since the change of government in November 2014 is the best proportional performance in the country \u2013 and the growth of almost 530,000 jobs since the height of the pandemic economic shock in September 2020 is the best result returned by any state in both absolute and percentage terms.<\/p>\n
ABS figures show Victoria\u2019s economy has grown by a cumulative 9.1 per cent over the past two years \u2013 ahead of NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.<\/p>\n
Independent analysts have highlighted Victoria\u2019s economic leadership and strong prospects \u2013 CommSec ranks Victoria as the No.1 state for economic activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Strong communities and businesses in regional Victoria are driving nation-leading jobs growth, with the state entering the new year bolstered by a new high mark for regional employment. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force figures show an extra 5,600 jobs were created in regional Victoria in December, reflecting a robust economy that is creating […]<\/p>\n