4.4% ▼ -41.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Malmsbury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Malmsbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Work patterns in Malmsbury have shifted over the last decade, with a diverse mix of professionals and tradespeople now driving the local economy. While 61.7% of adults are working or looking for work, the area sees fewer full-time roles than the state average. This reflects a workforce spread across a variety of different industries and roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state and national figures, sitting at 51.6%. This comes despite the local unemployment rate of 4.4% being about the same as the state and national figures.
61.7% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in Malmsbury are employed across a range of sectors, with education and training (13.6%) and health care and social assistance (12.4%) being the most common.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent at 32.9%, followed by managers at 14.7% and technicians and trades at 14.1%.
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 Malmsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21585/malmsbury/topic/employment