3.5% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Selby · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Selby
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common way people earn a living in Selby, where 27.2% of workers hold such positions. This is a productive area where 68.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While a very high proportion of adults are in the workforce, full-time employment at 56.3% is a little below the national figure. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
68.6% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 industry at 14.7%. Construction follows closely at 13.7%, while health care and social assistance employ 11.6% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Apart from professionals, many residents work as technicians and tradespeople (16.2%) or in management roles (14.3%). Community and personal service workers make up 13.1% 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 Selby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22258/selby/topic/employment