3.0% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Anglesea · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 54.9% of adults in Anglesea are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This means a much larger share of the adult population is not in the labour force compared to most other areas. The local workforce is largely driven by health care, education, and professional roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the Victorian and national rates, with only 46.8% of the population in full-time roles. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.0%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
3.0% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
54.9% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.8% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.3%, followed by education and training at 11.6%. Construction and accommodation and food services also make up a significant slice of the local economy at 10.5% and 10.3% respectively.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.1%, while 18.4% are managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13% and community and personal service workers at 11.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20046/anglesea/topic/employment