3.6% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alexandra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just over half of adults in Alexandra are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This low level of activity is the main story for the local workforce, despite an unemployment rate that remains slightly lower than the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.2% of adults are in the workforce, a figure far below the 61.1% national average. Those who are employed are less likely to be in full-time roles than most people across Victoria, with 53.8% working full-time.
50.2% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 53.8%
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 for local workers at 14.8%, followed by retail trade at 12.5% and construction at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles for residents are technicians and trades workers at 17.6%. Professionals, managers, and community and personal service workers each make up between 13% and 15% of the 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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20022/alexandra/topic/employment