3.4% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eagle Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eagle Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Eagle Point compared to most other areas, with only 45.3% in the workforce. This low employment rate is far below both the state and national figures, although those who are looking for jobs find them relatively easily.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.1%. While the proportion of people working is much lower than in most areas, the unemployment rate of 3.4% is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
45.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance, which employs 16.5% of residents. Other common industries include retail trade at 11.6% and education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.1%. Technicians and trades are the next most common at 14.6%, followed by community and personal service workers at 13.8%.
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 Eagle Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20822/eagle-point/topic/employment