3.2% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Point Lonsdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Point Lonsdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Less than half of adults in Point Lonsdale are working or looking for work, at just 44.1%. This is far below the national figure and suggests a community with a high proportion of retirees or people not in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.2% of residents have full-time jobs, which is far below the Victorian average. However, the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national figures, sitting at 3.2%.
44.1% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.2% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 47.2%
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 workers here at 17.1%, followed by construction at 11.7% and education and training at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.5%, with managers accounting for another 17.5% 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 Point Lonsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22088/point-lonsdale/topic/employment