0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Melville Forest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Melville Forest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 24 percentage point gap separates the working rate in Melville Forest from the national figure. This small area sees 84.8% of adults working or looking for work, which is among the highest proportions across the country. Most remarkably, the unemployment rate sits at 0.0%, well below the Victorian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While unemployment is non-existent here, full-time employment is a little below the Victorian figure at 56.4%. This is also slightly lower than the 58.9% seen across Australia.
84.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 82.9%
- 2021: 84.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 72.0%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 33.3% of workers, followed by health care and social assistance at 23.1%. Construction accounts for 15.4% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are managers, making up 48.7% of occupations. Professionals and sales workers each account for 10.3%, while technicians and trades represent 0.0% of the total.
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 Melville Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21645/melville-forest/topic/employment