3.2% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Plenty - Yarrambat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Plenty - Yarrambat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Plenty - Yarrambat than in 2011, though the area maintains a very strong employment rate. A high 66.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above both the state and national figures. This strength is reflected in a very low unemployment rate of 3.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work fell 4.6 points since 2011 to reach 66.8%. Full-time employment sits at 59.6%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
66.8% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 71.4%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 15.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.5% and education and training at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%, with managers accounting for 17.8% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative roles and technicians and trades both follow at around 14%.
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 Plenty - Yarrambat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209031213/plenty-yarrambat/topic/employment