2.7% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Freshwater Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Freshwater Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high 68.6% of adults in Freshwater Creek are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. While many are active in the workforce, the area has a much lower rate of full-time employment than most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 2.7%, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. However, full-time work is far less common here than in most areas, at 48.8%.
68.6% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.8% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 15.3%. Construction and education and training also make up a large part of the workforce at 13.7% and 12.5% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One quarter of workers are managers, and another 20.2% are professionals. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 12.5%, and community and personal service workers at 11.7%.
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 Freshwater Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20954/freshwater-creek/topic/employment