2.4% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Flinders · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Flinders
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 43.9% of adults in Flinders are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a community with a high number of retirees or people not in the workforce. While few people are employed, those who are tend to work in high-level professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, and full-time employment is far below the Victorian average at 41.3%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is only 2.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
43.9% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
41.3% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry here at 11%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.3% and construction at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 29.4% of workers, while managers make up another 27.8% 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20930/flinders/topic/employment