3.2% ▼ -65.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Indented Head · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Indented Head
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Indented Head compared to the rest of the country. Only 43.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a population with a much higher proportion of retirees or people not seeking employment than typical Australian areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 51.8%. While the number of people working is low, the unemployment rate is 3.2%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
43.2% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.3%, followed by construction at 11.0% and education and training at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.0%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative positions at 14.3% and technicians and trades at 13.7%.
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 Indented Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21229/indented-head/topic/employment