2.3% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dalyston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dalyston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people in Dalyston, where 20.1% of the workforce is employed in these fields. While a good number of residents are active in the workforce, far fewer hold full-time roles compared to the rest of the state. The area maintains a very low unemployment rate of just 2.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 63.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is far below the Victorian average, with only 47.8% of residents in full-time roles.
63.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.8% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health and social assistance, construction is a major employer at 14.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and education and training at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by technicians and trades at 16.9% and labourers at 16.2%, while community and personal service workers make up 15.0% of roles.
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 Dalyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20706/dalyston/topic/employment