3.6% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dunnstown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dunnstown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Dunnstown than in most similar areas. This active local workforce sees 65.7% of adults engaged in the labour force, while the unemployment rate of 3.6% is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.7% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment sits at 58.5%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
65.7% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 15.6% of the workforce. Construction follows at 12.6%, with arts and recreation accounting for 11.1% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 20.0%. Managers and clerical or administrative workers are equally common, each representing 16.3% of the local 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 Dunnstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20812/dunnstown/topic/employment