0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Caldermeade · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 20% of Caldermeade workers are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, the largest industry in the area. This community has a very strong employment rate, with far more people working or looking for work than in the typical Australian area.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 69.1% of the workforce are employed full-time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. This high level of employment is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is well below the national figure at 0.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
69.3% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond farming, the local economy is split evenly across several sectors. Construction is the next biggest industry at 17.5%, followed by manufacturing, education and training, and food and accommodation, which each account for 12.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%, followed closely by managers at 21.6%. Labourers (17.5%) and machinery operators and drivers (12.4%) also make up a significant part of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Caldermeade [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20443/caldermeade/topic/employment