2.8% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eastwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eastwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people working in Eastwood. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure, far fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment at 55.7% is also well below the Victorian average.
49.8% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Nearly one in five people work in health care and social assistance, followed by retail trade at 12.7% and construction at 10.1%. Other common roles are in education, training, accommodation, and food services.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%. Community and personal service roles follow at 13.8%, with technicians, trades, managers, and clerical staff all around 13% each.
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 Eastwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20836/eastwood/topic/employment