3.3% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Buxton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 53.8% of adults in Buxton are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is a sparsely populated area where the workforce is smaller than in most other similar places. While employment rates are low, the unemployment rate of 3.3% is a little below the Victorian and Australian averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 50.7%. This contributes to a smaller overall workforce, which is much lower than most other areas of a similar size.
53.8% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.7% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across various sectors, with construction at 14.9% and health care and social assistance at 14.6% being the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 19.8%, followed by managers at 18.7% and professionals at 16.4%.
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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20431/buxton/topic/employment