0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Macs Cove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Macs Cove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few residents are in the workforce compared to most similar areas, with Macs Cove seeing a much lower rate of adults working or looking for work than the national figure. Despite this, the area has a striking unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average at 46.7%.
43.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.7% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.0%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction and retail trade both accounting for 13.3% of jobs. Mining and wholesale trade each make up 8.9%, while agriculture, forestry and fishing account for 6.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common occupation at 22.2%. Labourers make up 17.8%, while sales workers and machinery operators and drivers both account for 15.6% 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 Macs Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21567/macs-cove/topic/employment