5.4% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wendouree - Miners Rest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Wendouree - Miners Rest
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 Wendouree - Miners Rest, where 16.6% of people are employed. While the local unemployment rate of 5.4% is about the same as the national figure, the area sees fewer adults working or looking for work than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also dropped, falling 4.1 percentage points since 2011 to 55.7%.
53.8% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with 10.8% in retail trade, 10.4% in construction, and 9.9% in manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 16.4%, followed by community and personal service workers at 14.9% and labourers at 14.3%.
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 Wendouree - Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011008/wendouree-miners-rest/topic/employment