3.5% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Drummond · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Drummond
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 40% of people in Drummond work full-time, which is far below the national figure. While a fair number of adults are working or looking for work, the area has a much smaller share of full-time roles than most other places. This creates a local workforce where few people hold standard full-time positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Victorian average. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, also a little below the state and national figures.
59.7% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.0% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.6%, followed by public administration and safety at 11.9%. Retail trade employs 10.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.1%. This is followed by managers at 15.6% and technicians and tradespeople at 14.8%.
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 Drummond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20798/drummond/topic/employment