0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Valencia Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
One in five workers in Valencia Creek is a manager, reflecting a workforce with a strong presence in leadership roles. This sparsely populated area has a notably lower rate of people working or looking for work compared to both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 53.8%, though the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
54.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 20.0%, followed by education and training at 11.3% and health care and social assistance at 10.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 20.0% of the workforce, with professionals following at 17.5% and technicians and trades at 15.0%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Valencia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22621/valencia-creek/topic/employment