1.9% ▼ -45.3%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
3537, VIC · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 3537, VIC
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in postcode 3537 than in the rest of the state. Only 45.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Despite this, the area has a very low unemployment rate of just 1.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.4%, and has fallen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011. This decline mirrors a broader trend where the share of adults working or looking for work fell by 8.3 percentage points over the same period.
45.7% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in the area, accounting for 32.3% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follows at 16.3%, while retail trade makes up 8.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.6%, followed by professionals at 13.3%. Labourers, community and personal service workers, and technicians and trades each make up around 10% to 12% of occupations.
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 3537, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3537/3537-vic/topic/employment