3.9% ▲ +115.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moyston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moyston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working life in Moyston has seen steady patterns over the last decade, though the area now has fewer adults working or looking for work than most similar places. Only 56.2% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is slightly lower than the state average at 56.4%, the unemployment rate of 3.9% is a little below the national figure.
56.2% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance, each at 18.6%. Other common industries include retail trade at 10.5% and public administration and safety at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 23.8%. Professionals make up 14.5% of the workforce, while labourers, technicians, trades, and community service workers each represent between 12.8% and 14% of jobs.
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 Moyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21822/moyston/topic/employment