3.5% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elsternwick · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Elsternwick
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of people in Elsternwick are in the workforce, with 69.4% of adults working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. It is a productive area where full-time employment is much more common than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 62.5%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, a little below both the state and national figures.
69.4% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical roles are the most common industry here at 16.2%. Health care and social assistance follows at 13.6%, while education and training accounts for 9.8% of workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 40% of the local workforce, which is a very high share. Managers follow at 19.1%, and clerical or administrative roles account for 11.6% of occupations.
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 Elsternwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20864/elsternwick/topic/employment