4.8% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nilma · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nilma
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer in Nilma, where 17.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The local job market is smaller than in most areas, with a lower-than-average proportion of people working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victoria figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also lower than in most areas, sitting at 56.0%.
59.4% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, nearly 15% of the workforce is in construction and 12% in retail trade. Other common industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.1%, and education and training at 6.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.3%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.9% and community and personal service workers at 13.7%.
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 Nilma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21943/nilma/topic/employment