4.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Drysdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Drysdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce in Drysdale compared to most other areas, which shapes the local economy. Only 50.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national level of 61.1%. This low participation is a defining feature of the local job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much less common here than in similar areas. Full-time employment is also well below the Victorian figure at 52.0%, while the unemployment rate sits at 4.3%, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
50.8% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 52.0%
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 18.1%. Other common industries include construction at 12.3% and retail trade at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.4%. Technicians and trades follow at 15.3%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 14.8% of the workforce.
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 Drysdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20802/drysdale/topic/employment