6.9% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eildon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eildon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Eildon, where 16.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a very low proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. This is reflected in the local job market, where full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, while the unemployment rate of 6.9% is a little above the national figure.
44.8% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.7%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, many locals work in accommodation and food services (15.3%) and education and training (11.6%). Retail trade and manufacturing also make up a significant part of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common workers at 18.1%, followed closely by managers at 17.0% and labourers at 16.1%.
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 Eildon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20850/eildon/topic/employment