11.0% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Morwell · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Morwell
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Morwell, where 16.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 11.0% that is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This is consistent with the area's high unemployment rate and the fact that full-time employment is well below the national average at 51.7%.
44.4% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the most common industries for workers are retail trade at 12.0% and accommodation and food services at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is led by labourers at 15.6% and technicians and tradespeople at 15.1%. Community and personal service workers make up 14.9% of occupations.
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 Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21769/morwell/topic/employment