4.3% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
3871, VIC · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 3871, VIC
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in postcode 3871, where 16.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This area has a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other regions. Overall, it is a place where full-time employment is less common than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 52.3%, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
54.7% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is spread across several key sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 16.5%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow at 12.8%, while construction and education and training each employ around 10% of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.9%, followed by managers at 17%. Technicians and trades people account for 14.4% of the workforce, with community and personal service workers and labourers both around 12%.
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 3871, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3871/3871-vic/topic/employment