2.8% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sailors Gully · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sailors Gully
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Sailors Gully than in most other areas. Only 57.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This smaller workforce is underpinned by a very low unemployment rate of 2.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than in most areas, at 50.1%. This is well below the national figure of 58.9% and the Victorian rate of 59.2%.
57.2% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.1% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 50.1%
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 here, employing 18% of the workforce. Construction (12.2%) and manufacturing (11%) also provide a significant number of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 16.2%. Labourers make up 15.4% of workers, followed by technicians and trades at 13.9%.
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 Sailors Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22224/sailors-gully/topic/employment