4.0% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chiltern · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chiltern
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working life in Chiltern has seen steady patterns over the last decade, though fewer adults are active in the workforce than in other similar areas. About 56.3% of adults are currently working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the number of adults working or looking for work is well below the Victorian average, the unemployment rate is a little lower than the state and national figures at 4.0%. Full-time employment sits at 57.5%, slightly below the national figure of 58.9%.
56.3% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 18.4%, followed by manufacturing at 11.8% and retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.0%, while professionals account for 15.9% 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 Chiltern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20551/chiltern/topic/employment