5.1% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Malvern East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Malvern East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Malvern East than in most similar areas. This workforce is highly active, with 67.1% of adults engaged in the labour force. Professional roles and health care jobs dominate the local employment landscape.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 67.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is higher than in most areas, though the unemployment rate of 5.1% is also higher than in most similar places.
67.1% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 59.9%
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 at 14.8%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 14.3%. Education and training (9.9%), retail (9.6%), and finance and insurance (7.6%) also employ significant numbers of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 37.5% of all jobs. Managers account for another 19%, while clerical and administrative workers represent 12.1% 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 Malvern East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21587/malvern-east/topic/employment