7.1% ▲ +59.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Johnsonville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Johnsonville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Johnsonville, where 17.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a small community with a low proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.6% 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%, while the unemployment rate is a little above the Australian figure at 7.1%.
42.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, many locals work in retail trade (13.8%) and construction (11.2%). Other notable sectors include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.6%, and manufacturing at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five workers are managers (19.8%), closely followed by technicians and trades at 19%. Labourers make up 12.1% of the local workforce, while professionals and community service workers each account for 11.2%.
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 Johnsonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21273/johnsonville/topic/employment