0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nowa Nowa · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nowa Nowa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Nowa Nowa compared to the rest of the state. Only 41.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is 21 percentage points below the Victorian figure. However, this is matched by a very low unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below both the state and national figures, sitting at 44.4%. This helps explain why the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar areas.
41.6% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.4% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
One quarter of the workforce is employed in health care and social assistance, the most common industry. Other notable sectors include education and training at 13.9%, and retail trade and public administration both at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.6%. Community and personal service workers make up 19.4% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 18.1%.
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 Nowa Nowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21975/nowa-nowa/topic/employment