0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shady Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shady Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Shady Creek compared to the rest of the country. While 70.5% of adults are in the workforce, the area has a very low full-time employment rate of 48.5%. This is far below the Victorian figure of 59.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. This stands out against the high proportion of adults working or looking for work, who make up 70.5% of the population.
70.5% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.5% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 37.9% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 9.7% and construction at 6.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.1%, followed by professionals at 15.5%. Technicians and tradespeople account for 12.6% 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 Shady Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22266/shady-creek/topic/employment