2.3% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charlemont · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Charlemont
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Charlemont, where 21.1% of people are employed in the field. The area has a very strong employment profile, with a high proportion of adults working or looking for work and an unemployment rate well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 78.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This strength is reflected in a low unemployment rate of 2.3%, while full-time work is slightly more common here than in most other areas.
78.5% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 78.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the largest industries for local workers are construction at 13.6% and retail trade at 11.5%. Education and training also employ 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23%, followed by community and personal service workers at 17.8%. Technicians and trades people account for 16.9% of the 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 Charlemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20533/charlemont/topic/employment