5.4% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Redan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Redan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the main industry for Redan, where nearly one in five workers are employed. This sector leads a local workforce that is smaller than in most other areas, with a higher-than-usual unemployment rate of 5.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also low at 54.3%, falling well below the national figure of 58.9%.
55.7% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for locals are health care and social assistance at 19%, followed by construction at 10.3% and retail trade at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.1%, with community and personal service workers making up another 17.1% 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 Redan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22151/redan/topic/employment