6.9% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sebastopol · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sebastopol
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Sebastopol compared to most other areas. Only 51.4% of adults are in the workforce, and the local unemployment rate is 6.9%, which is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Victorian average at 53.2%. This reflects a wider trend in the area, where the share of adults working or looking for work is far below the state figure.
51.4% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 53.2%
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 at 18.6%, followed by retail trade at 11.6% and construction at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.4%, while community and personal service workers account for 16.4% 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 Sebastopol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22255/sebastopol/topic/employment