4.6% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Portarlington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Portarlington
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 Portarlington, where 15.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6% since 2011, the proportion of adults working or looking for work remains far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 5.1 points since 2011 and is now well below the Australian average at 51.1%.
42.8% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.1% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies most heavily on health care and social assistance (15.5%) and construction (12.8%), followed by retail trade at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.4%, while technicians and trades make up 15.3% of the workforce.
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 Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031051/portarlington/topic/employment