3.5% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chelsea · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chelsea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Chelsea, where 13.6% of workers are in this field. The area has a strong workforce, with a higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is particularly high at 62.1%, and the unemployment rate of 3.5% is a little below the Victorian average.
63.4% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.1% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (13.6%) and education and training (12.0%). Construction also employs a significant 11.1% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.4%. Managers and clerical or administrative staff follow closely, each accounting for around 14% 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 Chelsea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20537/chelsea/topic/employment