4.7% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wheelers Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Wheelers Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 31.1% of the workforce in Wheelers Hill, the largest occupational group in the area. It is a community where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, with only 53.4% active in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also fallen since 2011, and it now sits a little below the national figure at 57.4%.
53.4% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 13.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.5% and retail trade at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of professionals, 16.3% of workers are managers and 14.4% hold clerical or administrative roles. Technicians and trades people make up 9.8% of the local 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 Wheelers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051327/wheelers-hill/topic/employment