3.6% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Strathdownie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Strathdownie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An overwhelming 63.3% of workers in Strathdownie are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This is a highly active workforce where 79.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here, with 66.1% of the workforce in full-time roles, well above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
79.1% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 79.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.1% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing dominate the local economy, employing 63.3% of residents. Other smaller employers include public administration, health care, and wholesale trade, each employing between 3.7% and 4.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the local workforce, 52.3%, are managers. This is followed by labourers at 14.7%, while technicians, trades and community service workers each make up 8.3% of jobs.
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 Strathdownie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22374/strathdownie/topic/employment