9.5% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Melton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Melton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 9.5% marks Melton as one of the most challenged areas of its kind. While over half of the workforce holds full-time roles, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian average of 62.4%. This is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is well above the same figure for Australia.
45.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several key sectors, with construction and health care and social assistance both accounting for 12.2% of jobs. Retail trade and transport and warehousing also feature strongly at 11.3% and 10.7% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely made up of machinery operators and drivers (15.4%) and technicians and trades (14.9%). Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.4% and labourers at 14%.
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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21642/melton/topic/employment