7.7% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Inglewood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Inglewood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the largest employment group in Inglewood, with 20.8% of workers in this role. This is a community where far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, and the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 50.4%, while the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure at 7.7%.
38.4% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers are health care and social assistance at 15.7%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and manufacturing at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond labourers, the most common roles are technicians and trades workers and community and personal service staff, both at 13.1%. Machinery operators and drivers make up 11.3% of the workforce.
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 Inglewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21231/inglewood/topic/employment