0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Highlands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Highlands
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 Highlands compared to the rest of the country. Only 46.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the area has a rare 0.0% unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Victorian average at 53.1%. The number of adults working or looking for work is also much lower than in most other areas.
46.7% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 31.3% of the workforce. Construction follows at 12.5%, while professional and technical services account for 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by professionals at 26.6% and managers at 23.4%. Community and personal service workers, clerical staff, and labourers each make up 10.9% of 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 Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21186/highlands/topic/employment