1.7% ▼ -65.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newhaven · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newhaven
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 48.4% of adults in Newhaven are working or looking for work, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This suggests a local workforce that is much smaller than in most other areas. While few people are employed, those who are tend to find work easily.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is very low at 1.7%, well below the national figure of 5.1%. However, full-time employment is far below the state average, with only 43.3% of the population working full-time.
48.4% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.3% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in Newhaven most commonly work in accommodation and food services (14.2%), followed by education and training (11.2%) and health care and social assistance (10.7%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24%, with managers following at 21%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.5% and labourers at 12.4%.
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 Newhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21928/newhaven/topic/employment