4.4% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Phillip · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Port Phillip
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Port Phillip compared to the rest of the country. Roughly 71% of adults are in the workforce, which is nearly 10 percentage points above the national figure. This high activity is driven by a strong proportion of full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 71% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages. While full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 66.3%, this rate has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
70.7% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 70.6%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 70.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.3% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 72.2%
- 2016: 70.7%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 16.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.8% and education and training at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 38.1% of all jobs, while managers account for another 20.4%. Clerical and administrative positions follow at 11.3%.
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 Port Phillip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25900/port-phillip/topic/employment