9.4% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ardeer · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ardeer
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 9.4% is among the highest for similar areas in Ardeer, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. While many residents hold stable full-time roles, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the wider state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the 62.4% seen across Victoria. About 59.4% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure roughly the same as the state and national averages.
57.0% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 59.4%
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 residents at 13.5%, followed by construction at 9.7% and transport and warehousing at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22%, while technicians and trades make up 13.3% of the local 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 Ardeer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20062/ardeer/topic/employment