0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stockdale · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the biggest employer in Stockdale, with 34.8% of the workforce in this field. The area has a very strong employment record, most notably with an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Most of the workforce is in full-time roles, at 60.9%, which is a little above the national figure. Around 62.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate similar to the Victorian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
62.9% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Apart from construction, agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing are the main industries, each employing 17.4% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Trades and technicians make up the largest group of workers at 34.8%, followed by managers at 30.4% and labourers at 13.0%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Stockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22359/stockdale/topic/employment