0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chiltern Valley · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high full-time employment rate defines daily life in Chiltern Valley, where 68.4% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is well above both the Victorian and national figures, creating a stable local economy where almost no one is currently unemployed.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
With an unemployment rate of 0.0%, joblessness is much lower here than in most areas. About 60.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
60.3% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 18.4%, followed by wholesale trade at 15.8%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and public administration and safety both account for 13.2% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.7%, while technicians and trades follow at 21.1%. Managers and community and personal service workers each represent 10.5% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Chiltern Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20552/chiltern-valley/topic/employment