5.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Vectis · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Vectis
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 71.1% of adults in Vectis are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. This high level of activity is led by a strong full-time workforce. The area is primarily driven by health care and agriculture.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the state and national figures at 64%. While more people are active in the workforce here than in most similar areas, the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
71.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.1%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16%. Construction, retail trade, and finance and insurance each employ 9% or 7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 22%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 19%, clerical and administrative staff at 18%, and sales workers at 13%.
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 Vectis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22624/vectis/topic/employment