ANZSCO 841214

Vegetable Farm Workers

Overview

EMPLOYED

3,100

PART-TIME SHARE

43%

FEMALE SHARE

39%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

35

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

About this data

Summary

Vegetable Farm Workers perform routine tasks on vegetable farms or market gardens, such as cultivating and fertilising soil, and planting and irrigating crops. They may spray chemicals on crops to treat diseases and pests.

Tasks

  • Plants crops using hand tools and farm machines
  • Builds trellises for climbing vegetables and vines
  • Operates farm machines to cultivate, fertilise, spray and harvest
  • Sprays with chemicals to control weed growth, insects, fungus growth and diseases
  • Thins, weeds and hoes
  • Irrigates land for crop growth
  • Selects and picks vegetables according to size and ripeness, and discards rotting and over-ripened produce
  • Grades, sorts, bunches and packs produce into containers
  • Loads filled vegetable containers onto trucks

ANZSCO Classification

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    Hours worked

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: those who were classified as "Employed, away from work" at the time of the 2021 Census (accounting for approx. 8% of total employment), have been excluded from the "Average full-time hours worked per week" denominator.
    Hours worked Vegetable Farm Workers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 57% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 42 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    Vegetable Farm Workers work in industries like:

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    12.7%

    Victoria

    24.5%

    Queensland

    38.4%

    South Australia

    11.0%

    Tasmania

    5.5%

    Northern Territory

    0.1%

    Australian Capital Territory

    0.0%

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age and Gender Vegetable Farm Workers All Occupations
    Median age 35 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 39% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Vegetable Farm Workers
    15–19 5.2 7.0
    20–24 9.1 11.2
    25–34 22.7 31.1
    35–44 22.3 18.3
    45–54 20.4 17.1
    55–59 8.8 6.9
    60–64 6.5 5.2
    65 and Over 4.9 3.5

    Education

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study).
    Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
    Note: the sum of the educational attainment categories may not add up to 100% due to the exclusion of non-descriptive categories such as not stated responses.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Vegetable Farm Workers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 2.6
    Bachelor degree 23.2 9.5
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 5.8
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 9.8
    Year 12 15.9 26.2
    Year 11 4.0 6.3
    Year 10 and below 9.7 29.1
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