3.5% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heathmont · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Heathmont
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Heathmont than in most similar areas, with 66.2% of the adult population active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The local job market is stable, with an unemployment rate of 3.5% which is a little below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Victorian average of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 57.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
66.2% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.5%, followed by education and training at 13.4%. Professional and technical services also employ a significant 10.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation for residents at 31.9%. Managers make up 14.7% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 12.7%.
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 Heathmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21165/heathmont/topic/employment