8.4% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newlands Arm · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newlands Arm
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Newlands Arm compared to most similar areas. Only 40.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This stands in contrast to a local unemployment rate of 8.4%, which is well above the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of people working or looking for work is among the lowest for areas like this, sitting at 40.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the Victorian figure, with only 52.3% of the workforce in full-time roles.
40.6% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 52.3%
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 for local workers at 15.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and education and training at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.7%. Technicians, trades, and community or personal service workers each account for 15.8% 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 Newlands Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21930/newlands-arm/topic/employment