3.2% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shoreham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shoreham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of the adults in Shoreham are working or looking for work, at just 48.3%. This is far below the national figure and the Victorian average. It marks Shoreham as an area where a small proportion of the adult population is active in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.4% of residents are employed full-time, which is far below the Victorian figure of 59.2%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.2%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
48.3% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 15.4%, followed by professional and technical services at 12.9% and education and training at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is largely made up of managers and professionals, who together account for nearly 60% of all jobs in the area. Technicians and tradespeople make up another 17.1%.
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 Shoreham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22279/shoreham/topic/employment