5.1% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sale
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 Sale compared to the state and national figures. Only 55.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Victorian average of 62.4%. This lower activity rate is the most striking feature of the local job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.2%, which is a little below the state average, while the unemployment rate is 5.1%, about the same as the rest of Australia.
55.1% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Sale, making up 18.3% of jobs. Public administration and safety follow at 13.2%, with retail trade accounting for 10.7% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.2%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.3% and technicians and trades people at 14.0%.
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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22226/sale/topic/employment