3.8% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moonee Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moonee Ponds
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Moonee Ponds than in most similar areas, with 70.2% of the adult population active in the labour force. This high level of activity is matched by a strong full-time employment rate of 63.6%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below both the Victorian and Australian figures. Overall, the number of adults working or looking for work is well above the national average by 9.1 percentage points.
70.2% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.6% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 63.6%
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 for local workers at 13.5%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 13.4%. Other major employers include education and training, retail, and public administration.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.4%, followed by managers at 17.7%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common, accounting for 13.7% of occupations in the area.
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 Moonee Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21742/moonee-ponds/topic/employment