4.3% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Park Orchards · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Park Orchards
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest job group in Park Orchards, with 27.3% of workers in this category. This is a workforce with a high number of people working or looking for work, though full-time employment is notably lower than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the 62.4% seen in Victoria. However, full-time employment is well below the national figure, sitting at 54.0%.
66.7% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are construction at 15.3% and health care and social assistance at 13.4%. Professional and technical services follow at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside the high number of professionals, 21.4% of residents work as managers. Other common roles include clerical and administrative positions at 13.8% and technicians and trades at 10.2%.
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 Park Orchards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22036/park-orchards/topic/employment