4.2% —
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Monash · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Monash
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Monash than in most other areas, with only 54.4% active in the labour force. This represents a significant drop from 60.3% in 2016. Despite this, the 4.2% unemployment rate is much lower than in similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen 7.7 percentage points since 2016 to 53.3%, a figure well below the national average of 58.9%. This trend mirrors a broader decline in the local labour force, which is now 6.7 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
54.4% —
Lower than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% —
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.6%, followed by construction at 12.0% and retail trade at 9.2%. Education and training (8.8%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (8.0%) also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.8%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 16.0% and managers at 14.8%. Community and personal service workers (12.4%) and labourers (12.1%) round out the most common roles.
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED235/monash/topic/employment