3.4% ▼ -50.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Scarsdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Scarsdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Scarsdale, where 17.2% of people are employed in this sector. While unemployment is a little below the national figure, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 55.6%.
55.9% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction is a major employer at 12.5%, followed by manufacturing at 9.3% and accommodation and food services at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest professional group at 18.0%, with labourers also common at 16.1%. Professionals follow at 13.6%.
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 Scarsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22241/scarsdale/topic/employment