4.0% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maroondah · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Maroondah
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 Maroondah, where 14.7% of workers are in this field. This is a productive region where a very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, a little below both the state and national figures.
65.4% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the way at 14.7%, followed by construction at 10.8% and education and training at 10.2%. Retail trade and professional services also employ significant numbers of local workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.5%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.9%, and managers at 13.6%.
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 Maroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21103/maroondah/topic/employment