0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edi · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the norm for most adults in Edi, where the employment rate is much higher than the national figure. With 72.3% of adults working or looking for work, this area has a very active local workforce and a strikingly low unemployment rate.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has a very strong job market, with 73.5% of the workforce in full-time roles—far above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. This is mirrored by an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the national average of 5.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
72.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 29.4%. Manufacturing, finance and insurance, and health care each employ around 12% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.4%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 14.7%, while professionals and labourers each account for 8.8% of occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Edi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20846/edi/topic/employment