5.2% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newcomb · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newcomb
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Newcomb than in most similar areas. Only 57.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This lower activity is mirrored by a low full-time employment rate of 54.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.2%, which is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the state and national figures. Full-time employment is well below the Victorian average, trailing by 4.9 percentage points.
57.6% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Newcomb, accounting for 20.1% of jobs. Other common industries include construction at 12.7% and retail trade at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
People in Newcomb most often work in community and personal service roles (17.6%) or as technicians and tradespeople (16.4%). Professionals and labourers both make up around 15% to 16% of the local workforce.
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 Newcomb [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21925/newcomb/topic/employment