3.5% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pearcedale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pearcedale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Pearcedale than in most similar areas. A high share of the local workforce is employed in construction, with 66.7% of adults active in the labour market. This level of activity is well above both the Victorian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The adult working rate of 66.7% is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian rates of around 5%.
66.7% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the dominant industry here, employing 20.2% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.4% and retail trade at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 21.5%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common at 14%, followed by professionals at 13.4% and managers at 12.1%.
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 Pearcedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22050/pearcedale/topic/employment