3.1% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Junortoun · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Junortoun
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults in Junortoun are working or looking for work compared to most areas, with 63.5% active in the labour force. While the unemployment rate is 3.1%, which is a little below the national figure, the area has a smaller proportion of full-time workers than usual.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 56.0%.
63.5% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.4%, followed by education and training at 10.9% and construction at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.7%, while managers account for 14.2% and clerical and administrative staff make up 13.0% 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 Junortoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21279/junortoun/topic/employment