3.4% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Diamond Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Diamond Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Diamond Creek are working or looking for work than in most other areas. This high level of activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 3.4%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 72.5% of adults are in the workforce, a figure far above the Victorian average of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 58.4%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
72.5% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.6%
- 2016: 72.8%
- 2021: 72.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with construction (14.8%) and health care and social assistance (14.4%) being the most common industries. Education and training also employ a significant 11.5% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.0%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.7% and managers at 15.3%.
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 Diamond Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20752/diamond-creek/topic/employment