4.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Essendon North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Essendon North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A significantly larger share of adults are working or looking for work in Essendon North compared to the rest of the country. This local workforce is highly active, with 68.6% of adults in the labour force—a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very strong here at 65.1%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. While the unemployment rate is 4.7%, this is about the same as the state and national levels.
68.6% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.1% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 65.1%
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 13.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 9.7%. Construction, public administration, and education each employ around 8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.6%, while 17.1% of workers hold clerical or administrative positions. Managers make up 14.6% of the local workforce.
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 Essendon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20887/essendon-north/topic/employment