2.8% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cape Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cape Paterson
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work or look for work in Cape Paterson compared to the state and national figures. Only 50.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the 61.1% national average. This suggests a local population with a high number of retirees or those not seeking employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 49.4%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 2.8%, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 5.0%.
50.7% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 18.3%, followed by construction at 14.1% and education and training at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.7%. Other common roles include managers at 15.5% and technicians and tradespeople at 14.3%.
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 Cape Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20473/cape-paterson/topic/employment