8.2% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Churchill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Churchill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 8.2% is well above the national figure in Churchill, where fewer people are in the workforce than in most similar areas. Only 49.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer people here hold full-time roles compared to most areas, with 53.1% of the workforce in full-time jobs. This is well below the 59.2% seen across Victoria.
49.7% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers are in health care and social assistance, where 17.7% of workers are employed, followed by retail trade at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local jobs are spread across several fields, with community and personal service workers making up the largest group at 14.9%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 14.5%.
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 Churchill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20561/churchill/topic/employment