4.5% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
McKinnon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in McKinnon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in McKinnon compared to the rest of the country. This is a professional hub where 67.6% of adults are in the labour force, well above the national figure of 61.1%. Most residents hold high-level roles in technical and managerial fields.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is strong, with 67.6% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the Victorian average of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure at 60.4%, while the unemployment rate is about the same as the rest of the country at 4.5%.
67.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industries here at 14.2%. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 12.7%, and education and training at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles dominate the local workforce at 36.3%, followed by managers at 19.5%. Clerical and administrative workers make up 12.6% of the population, while sales and community service workers account for 8.4% and 7.7% respectively.
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 McKinnon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21629/mckinnon/topic/employment