4.6% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Helen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Helen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Mount Helen than in most similar areas. While 65.7% of adults are active in the labour market, full-time employment is lower than the state figure. This creates a workforce where a high number of people are active, but few hold full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in most areas at 65.7%, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below Victoria's 59.2%, sitting at 54.4%.
65.7% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 54.4%
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 at 17.4%, followed by education and training at 15.6% and retail trade at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.1%, while managers account for 13.6% and clerical or administrative roles stand at 12.7%.
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 Mount Helen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21798/mount-helen/topic/employment