3.6% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Creswick - Daylesford - Ballan · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Creswick - Daylesford - Ballan
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 Creswick - Daylesford - Ballan, where 13.3% of workers are in these roles. The area has a very low unemployment rate of 3.6%, though it has fewer adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also fallen since 2011 to 54.6%, a rate much lower than most similar areas.
57.1% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction is a major employer at 11.6%. Other significant industries include education and training at 8.4%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers at 19.4% and 17.8% respectively. Technicians and tradespeople also feature strongly, accounting for 15.7% of occupations.
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 Creswick - Daylesford - Ballan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20102/creswick-daylesford-ballan/topic/employment