3.8% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
3189, VIC · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 3189, VIC
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in postcode 3189, where 14.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This area sees a high level of activity, with 65.6% of adults working or looking for work, a figure well above both the Victorian and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 62.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well above the national figure. While the number of adults working or looking for work rose 4.0 percentage points since 2011, the unemployment rate has barely changed and sits at 3.8%, slightly lower than the state and national rates.
65.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.1% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with professional and technical services (11.1%) and retail trade (9.4%) following health care as the most common industries. Education and training (9.1%) and construction (8.8%) also employ significant portions of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here, accounting for 29.8% of workers. This is followed by managers at 16.6% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.9%.
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 3189, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3189/3189-vic/topic/employment