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+).
Elevated Plains · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Elevated Plains compared to the state and national figures. This area shows a very strong employment trend, with 74.3% of adults in the workforce and a striking 0.0% unemployment rate.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far above the Victorian average by 12 percentage points. While full-time employment sits at 57.7%, slightly below the national figure, the area has a much lower unemployment rate than most other places.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
74.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, led by health care and social assistance at 19.2%. Professional and technical services and administrative support each make up 15.4% of the industry mix.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.9%, followed by professionals at 19.2%. Sales workers account for 11.5% of occupations, while no one in the area works as a technician or trade worker.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Elevated Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20853/elevated-plains/topic/employment