6.6% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Footscray
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Footscray compared to most similar areas. This activity is mirrored by a high rate of full-time employment, though the area also faces a higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 68.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. While full-time employment is slightly above the national average at 60.0%, the unemployment rate of 6.6% is also a little above the national figure.
68.7% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 68.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance at 12.8%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.6% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.4%, with clerical and administrative roles at 12.6% and managers at 12.4% as the next most common 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 Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20935/footscray/topic/employment