5.0% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Paynesville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Paynesville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for those working in Paynesville, where over 21% of employees work in this sector. The area has a very small workforce, with only 38.2% of adults working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest levels for similar areas. Full-time employment is also far below the state average at 48.5%, while the unemployment rate is 5.0%, about the same as Victoria and Australia.
38.2% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.5% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance employs 21.3% of the workforce, followed by retail trade at 13.1% and education and training at 9.3%. Other notable sectors include construction at 8.4% and manufacturing at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.2% and technicians and tradespeople at 14.2%.
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 Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22049/paynesville/topic/employment