1.6% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Campbell · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Campbell
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high 69.8% of adults in Port Campbell are working or looking for work, far exceeding national figures. While most of the workforce is active, a small number of people are without jobs, as the unemployment rate is well below the state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is far less common here than in the rest of Victoria, at 46.1%. However, the unemployment rate is very low at 1.6%, which is well below the 5.0% seen across the state.
69.8% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 69.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.1% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work is concentrated in tourism and primary production, with 20.3% of people in accommodation and food services and 18.7% in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27.4%, followed by professionals at 16.6% and labourers at 14.1%.
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 Port Campbell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22104/port-campbell/topic/employment