0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ecklin South · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Ecklin South than in most similar areas. The community is defined by a strong employment rate, with 73.2% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. This high level of activity is mirrored by an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 72.2% of the population, which is well above the 62.4% seen across Victoria. Full-time employment is particularly strong here, sitting 14 percentage points higher than the national average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
72.2% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.2% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for the local workforce, accounting for 63.0% of jobs. Other employers include manufacturing at 7.9% and transport and warehousing at 5.5%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce are managers, making up 51.2% of all jobs. Labourers represent the next largest group at 19.7%, followed by professionals, technicians and trades workers at around 8% each.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Ecklin South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20841/ecklin-south/topic/employment