0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Armstrong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Armstrong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few people are unemployed in Armstrong, where the rate has dropped to 0.0%. While the workforce is smaller than in most similar areas, a large chunk of the community finds work in health care and social assistance.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 58.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average, sitting at 47.2%.
58.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.2% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 30.2%, followed by manufacturing at 20.8% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are managers at 18.9% and professionals at 17.0%, while community and personal service workers and labourers each make up 13.2% 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 Armstrong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20067/armstrong/topic/employment