5.2% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maribyrnong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maribyrnong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Maribyrnong than in most similar areas. This active workforce is underpinned by a high rate of full-time employment, which sits well above both the Victorian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 71.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the Australian average of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also strong at 63%, though the unemployment rate of 5.2% is higher than in most areas.
71.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 71.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.0% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.0%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 13.0%. Retail trade follows at 10.2%, while professional and technical services employ 9.0% of workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent choice here, accounting for 30.3% of jobs. Managers make up 15.7% of the workforce, followed by those in clerical and administrative positions at 13.7%.
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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21604/maribyrnong/topic/employment