6.9% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clayton South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Clayton South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 6.9% unemployment rate is much higher than most areas in Clayton South. While most adults here have jobs, the area faces more challenges with joblessness than the state or national figures suggest.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 57.1%, slightly below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
60.9% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 60.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.4%, followed by manufacturing at 9.9% and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are most common at 23.6%, while technicians and trades workers make up 13.4% and labourers account for 13.3% 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 Clayton South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20570/clayton-south/topic/employment