3.1% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edithvale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Edithvale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Edithvale compared to the rest of the country. This activity is reflected in a strong employment rate, where 69.3% of adults are in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also a little higher than the national average, while the 3.1% unemployment rate is a little below the Australian figure of 5.1%.
69.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 69.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 13.7%. Education and training and construction follow closely, each accounting for about 12% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for residents, making up 29.4% of the workforce. Managers account for 16.4%, while technicians and trades people make up 13.2%.
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 Edithvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20848/edithvale/topic/employment