54.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Strathlea · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Strathlea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 54.5% of adults in Strathlea are working or looking for work, a figure that is well below both the state and national levels. This significant gap marks the area as having a much lower rate of employment and job-seeking than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is 7.9 percentage points lower than Victoria's 62.4% and 6.5 percentage points below the Australian figure of 61.1%.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Agriculture, forestry & fishing at 69%, ahead of Other services (23%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 23%, ahead of Technicians & trades (23%).
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 Strathlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22378/strathlea/topic/employment