2.6% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ocean Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ocean Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people work full-time in Ocean Grove than in most similar areas. While about 61.5% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is quite low at 2.6%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is low here, with only 51.7% of the population in full-time roles. This is well below the 59.2% seen across Victoria.
61.5% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.9%, followed by education and training at 12.5% and construction at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 28.1%, while technicians and trades make up 14.6% of the 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 Ocean Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22005/ocean-grove/topic/employment