7.1% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dereel · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dereel
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 49.5% of adults in Dereel are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. While many who are employed have full-time roles, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 7.1%, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Full-time employment is slightly more common here than across the state, at 60.6%.
49.5% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 60.6%
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 16.1%, followed by construction at 14.5% and manufacturing at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Trades and technicians make up the largest group of workers at 21.3%, while 16.5% of the workforce are labourers.
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 Dereel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20741/dereel/topic/employment