3.9% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Longwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Longwood
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 Longwood compared to most areas, with only 55.7% in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While the local unemployment rate is a little lower than the national average at 3.9%, full-time employment is significantly lower than across the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.4% of residents are employed full-time, which is far below the Victorian figure of 59.2%. This contributed to Longwood having one of the lowest rates of full-time work among similar areas.
55.7% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.4% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in the area, accounting for 20.8% of jobs. Education and health care each employ 10.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 18.4%, followed by professionals at 16.8%. Labourers, technicians, and trades workers each make up a significant part of the local 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 Longwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21540/longwood/topic/employment