1.6% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sunday Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low unemployment rate of just 1.6% defines the workforce in Sunday Creek. This is well below the 5% seen across Victoria and Australia. While most residents follow national trends in employment, very few people here are without work.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 58%, a little below the Victorian rate of 59.2%.
1.6% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
60.7% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 19.1%. Health care and social assistance follow at 11.2%, while manufacturing and retail trade both account for 9.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 20.7%. Managers represent 17.6% of the workforce, followed by professionals at 12.2% and sales workers at 11.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Sunday Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22392/sunday-creek/topic/employment