4.3% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
3114, VIC · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 3114, VIC
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 3114. Despite this shift, a very high proportion of adults—66.7%—are working or looking for work, which is well above both the state and national figures. This creates a local workforce that is more active than most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 66.7% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 54.0%. The unemployment rate sits at 4.3%, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
66.7% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by construction, which employs 15.3% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.4% and professional and technical services at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large portion of the local workforce holds high-level roles, with professionals making up 27.3% of workers and managers accounting for 21.4%.
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 3114, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3114/3114-vic/topic/employment