6.3% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Seaspray · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Seaspray
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in Seaspray than in most other areas, with only 48.8% of adults in the labour force. This gap is stark compared to the national figure of 61.1%, and full-time employment is also far below the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.1% of the community are employed full-time, which is far below the Victorian figure of 59.2%. The unemployment rate of 6.3% is a little above the national average and much higher than in most similar areas.
48.8% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.1% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with education and training being the most common at 11.7%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care, both at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 17.2%, while technicians and trades make up 16.6% of the 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 Seaspray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22251/seaspray/topic/employment