3.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Donnybrook than in most similar areas. This is a highly active workforce, with 70.5% of adults in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is particularly strong here.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common, with 65% of the workforce in full-time roles, well above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. The unemployment rate is 3.1%, which is a little below the national average of 5.1%.
3.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.7%, while construction and transport and warehousing both account for 10.7% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.2%, followed by community and personal service workers at 15.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20773/donnybrook/topic/employment