1.9% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oxley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oxley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high percentage of adults in Oxley are working or looking for work, making it a highly active local workforce. While many of these roles are not full-time, the area maintains a very low unemployment rate of 1.9%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national averages. However, the share of full-time workers is 55.3%, which is well below the 59.2% seen across Victoria.
67.7% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 13.4%. Manufacturing follows closely at 12.5%, with education and training also making up a significant 10.9% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.3%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 16.9% and managers at 16.3%.
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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22022/oxley/topic/employment