4.8% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pascoe Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pascoe Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Pascoe Vale than in most similar areas, with 68.1% of the adult population active in the workforce. This creates a strong employment profile for the suburb, where full-time work is far more common than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is very active, with 68.1% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also high at 62.6%, while the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the rest of Australia.
68.1% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.6% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.0%. Education and training and construction also employ large groups, at 9.9% and 9.4% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.6%. This is followed by managers and clerical or administrative workers, who each account for 14.2% of the local 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 Pascoe Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22041/pascoe-vale/topic/employment