0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cornishtown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cornishtown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Cornishtown are employed in manufacturing, the most common industry for the area. This is a highly active workforce where 69% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Local employment is very strong, with a 0.0% unemployment rate that is well below the 5.1% seen across Australia. Full-time work is also common here, reaching 62.5%, which is well above the Victorian average of 59.2%.
69.0% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the top employer at 19.6%, followed by retail trade and health care and social assistance, which both sit at 14.3%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing, along with accommodation and food, each make up 12.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of the workforce hold clerical and administrative roles, while technicians and trades make up 23.2%. Managers account for 21.4% of jobs, with labourers at 16.1% and community and personal service workers at 12.5%.
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 Cornishtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20643/cornishtown/topic/employment