8.2% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Long Gully · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Long Gully
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Long Gully have shifted over the last decade, and the area now faces significant job challenges. Only 47% of adults are currently working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate of 8.2% is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer people here are in the workforce compared to the state and national figures, with only 52.5% of residents employed full-time. This is well below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
47.0% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 21.0%, followed by retail trade at 12.3% and manufacturing at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by community and personal service roles at 17.4% and labourers at 17.1%, while technicians and trades make up 15.4% 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 Long Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21534/long-gully/topic/employment