6.5% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
3802, VIC · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 3802, VIC
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in postcode 3802, where 13.9% of workers are in this field. While more than 60% of the workforce holds full-time roles, the area faces an unemployment rate of 6.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is well below the Victorian average. Full-time employment is slightly higher than the national figure at 60.3%, though this has fallen by 4.2 points since 2011.
59.1% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 60.3%
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 manufacturing (11%), retail (10.5%), and construction (10.4%) all following closely behind health care.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.9%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 15.1% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.4%.
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 3802, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3802/3802-vic/topic/employment