4.6% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Portarlington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Portarlington
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 Portarlington than in most other areas. Only 39.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a local workforce that is much smaller than usual for a town of this size.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the state average at 48.7%. While the unemployment rate is 4.6%, this is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
39.8% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.7% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 48.7%
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 local workers at 16.7%, followed by construction at 13.4% and retail trade at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.4%. Managers and technicians or tradespeople follow closely, accounting for 15.7% and 15.2% of the workforce respectively.
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 Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22109/portarlington/topic/employment