6.8% ▲ +37.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Penshurst · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Penshurst
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Penshurst compared to most similar areas. Only 49.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This is a sparsely populated area where a significant number of people are not active in the job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.8%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment stands at 56.4%, a little below the Australian average of 58.9%.
49.1% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for Penshurst, employing 33.1% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.5% and retail trade at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 35.0%. Other common roles include labourers at 14.0% and community and personal service workers at 10.9%.
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22056/penshurst/topic/employment