4.5% ▲ +190.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cavendish · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cavendish
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Steady employment patterns define Cavendish, where 58.1% of adults are currently working or looking for work. This is a community where nearly half of the workforce is tied to the land, reflecting a strong local reliance on the primary sector.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 58.1%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Unemployment is 4.5%, a rate that is higher than most similar areas.
58.1% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 46.4% of the workforce. Other common sectors include accommodation and food services at 8.3%, and retail trade at 6.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.5%. Professionals and labourers each account for 12.2% of the local workforce, followed by community and personal service workers at 10.5%.
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 Cavendish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20526/cavendish/topic/employment