4.0% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Surf Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people hold full-time jobs in Surf Beach compared to the rest of the state. Only 45.5% of the population works full-time, which is 13 to 14 percentage points lower than the Victorian and national figures. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on part-time or casual roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian rate of 62.4%. Despite this, the unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below both the state and national figures.
58.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.5% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for locals at 16.9%, followed by education and training at 13.4% and health care and social assistance at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 18.8% of the workforce.
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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22398/surf-beach/topic/employment