3.6% ▼ -46.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clunes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Clunes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest industry for workers in Clunes, where 18.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This area has a high proportion of people working or looking for work, though far fewer residents are in full-time roles compared to the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is far below the Australian average, with only 48.5% of people in these roles. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
67.5% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.5% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors in Clunes are health care and social assistance at 18.1%, followed by education and training at 12.2%. Retail trade also employs a notable 9.5% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.1%, with technicians and trades workers following at 15.4%. Managers and community or personal service workers also represent significant portions of the local workforce at 15% and 11.2% respectively.
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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10938/clunes/topic/employment