4.1% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
St Kilda East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in St Kilda East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in St Kilda East than in most similar areas. About 73.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. This active workforce is underpinned by a high number of professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far above the Victorian average, reaching 73.7%. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure at 61.5%, while the unemployment rate of 4.1% is about the same as the rest of the country.
73.7% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 73.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.5% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 67.0%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry for local workers at 14.1%. This is followed closely by health care and social assistance at 13.8%, and education and training at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 38.9% of the local workforce, which is the most common occupation. Managers are the next largest group at 17.8%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 11.5%.
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 St Kilda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22344/st-kilda-east/topic/employment