2.8% ▲ —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Steels Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Steels Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Steels Creek compared to most similar areas. While 63.3% of adults are active in the labour market, the area has a notably low full-time employment rate of 51.1%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 2.8%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Despite this, full-time work is much less common here than in most other areas.
63.3% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.1% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in Steels Creek, accounting for 23.4% of the workforce. Manufacturing follows at 11.7%, while retail trade employs 10.2% of local workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.9%. They are followed by technicians and trades people at 19.7% and professionals at 19.0%.
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 Steels Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22355/steels-creek/topic/employment