4.7% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wellington · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Wellington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Wellington, where 15.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area faces a notable challenge with employment, as far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the Victorian average of 62.4%. This reflects a downward trend, as the number of people in the workforce has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
53.5% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the region relies heavily on agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 11.5% of people. Construction, public administration and safety, and retail trade also make up significant shares of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 17.0%, followed closely by managers at 16.0% and technicians and trades at 15.5%.
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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26810/wellington/topic/employment