0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gapsted · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gapsted
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults in Gapsted are working or looking for work compared to most similar areas. This is reflected in a standout 0.0% unemployment rate, although full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 65.4% of adults are working or looking for work—well above the 61.1% national figure—full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 49.4%. This is nearly 10 percentage points lower than in Victoria.
65.4% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is split across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing both accounting for 15.3% of jobs. Retail trade follows at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and labourers are the most common roles, each making up 18.8% of the workforce. Managers account for 16.5%, while technicians and trades make up 15.3%.
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 Gapsted [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20964/gapsted/topic/employment