7.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clunes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Clunes
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 Clunes, where 16.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a small working population, with only 47.3% of adults working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Few adults in Clunes are working or looking for work compared to most areas. Only 50.3% have full-time jobs, and the unemployment rate of 7.7% is a little above the Victorian figure of 5.0%.
47.3% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, 10.9% of the local workforce is in education and training, while 9.4% work in construction. Retail trade and manufacturing follow at 8.9% and 7.7% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.9%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.7%, labourers at 14.5%, and community and personal service workers at 14.0%.
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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20580/clunes/topic/employment