3.9% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lower Plenty · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lower Plenty
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Lower Plenty have remained steady over the last decade, with a workforce largely mirrored by state trends. Most residents are in stable work, with a small unemployment rate of 3.9% which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure almost identical to the Australian average. Full-time employment sits at 57.8%, which is slightly lower than the Victorian rate of 59.2%.
61.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 57.8%
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 14.9%, followed closely by construction at 13.2% and education and training at 11%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 28.6%, with managers making up another 19.5% 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 Lower Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21547/lower-plenty/topic/employment