4.0% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wonthaggi - Inverloch · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Wonthaggi - Inverloch
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 Wonthaggi - Inverloch, where 16.1% of the workforce is employed in these fields. However, the local job market is quite small, with fewer than half of all adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 49.4%, a figure that has fallen by 8.2 points since 2011, though the unemployment rate remains a little below the national level at 4.0%.
49.7% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by health care and social assistance at 16.1%, followed by construction at 12.7% and retail trade at 11.0%. Other common industries include education and training (8.4%) and accommodation and food services (6.8%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.9%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.8%, managers at 14.5%, and community and personal service workers at 12.7%.
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 Wonthaggi - Inverloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205031093/wonthaggi-inverloch/topic/employment