5.0% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heywood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Heywood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Heywood compared to most similar areas. Only 49.6% of the adult population is active in the labour force, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a local job market where fewer people are employed than in other parts of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 55.3%, which is well below the Victorian average of 59.2%. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, a figure that is about the same as both the state and the national average.
49.6% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer here at 17.8%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 14.4%, and retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 16.8%. Labourers follow at 14.7%, with machinery operators and drivers also common at 13.8%.
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 Heywood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21181/heywood/topic/employment