0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Buckland than in most similar areas. While 68.5% of adults are in the labour force, a small number of people hold full-time roles compared to the national average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 5.0%. However, full-time employment is only 51.2%, well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
68.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in accommodation and food (18.8%) and health care and social assistance (15.0%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.8%, followed closely by managers at 17.5% and sales workers at 15.0%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20368/buckland/topic/employment