5.7% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Doncaster East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Doncaster East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher-than-usual unemployment rate of 5.7% marks the job market in Doncaster East. While most residents are in professional roles, the area has a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 57.9%, slightly lower than the state's 59.2%.
59.1% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 14.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.5% and retail trade at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common, accounting for 30.6% of jobs. Managers make up 15.4% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative staff represent 13.9%.
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 Doncaster East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20772/doncaster-east/topic/employment