2.7% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cape Woolamai · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cape Woolamai
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Cape Woolamai than in the rest of Victoria, with only 49.4% of residents in this category. This is nearly 10 percentage points lower than the state and national figures. While full-time work is less common, the unemployment rate is a low 2.7%, which is a little below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is notably low at 49.4%, falling well below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
58.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 17.2%. Other significant sectors include education and training at 11.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.2%, followed by technicians and trades at 18.1%. Community and personal service workers account for 13.8% of the local 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 Cape Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20475/cape-woolamai/topic/employment