3.8% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moonee Ponds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Moonee Ponds
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 9 percentage points separates Moonee Ponds from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. This workforce is highly active and secure, with a typical resident more likely to hold a full-time role than people across Victoria or Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas at 63.6%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national figures at 3.8%.
70.2% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.6% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 63.6%
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 health care and social assistance (13.5%) and professional and technical services (13.4%) being the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 36.4%, followed by managers at 17.7% and clerical and administrative workers at 13.7%.
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 Moonee Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206031116/moonee-ponds/topic/employment