3.8% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eltham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Eltham than in most similar areas. A strong local workforce is evident here, with 66.5% of adults active in the labour market. This is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 66.5%, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Meanwhile, 57.5% of the workforce are employed full-time, and the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below the Victorian average.
66.5% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.8%, followed by education and training at 12.6%. Construction and professional and technical services each account for 10.6% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.9%, while managers account for 17.9%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 13.6%.
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 Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20865/eltham/topic/employment