2.8% ▼ -46.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ventnor · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ventnor
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Ventnor than in most similar areas, with only 50.3% in the labour force. This is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is a low 2.8%, which is a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.5% of residents are employed full-time, a figure far below the 59.2% seen across Victoria. This contributes to the overall low number of people working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
50.3% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.5% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 13.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.6% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles and managers are the most typical occupations, making up 21.0% and 20.5% of the workforce respectively. Technicians and tradespeople follow at 14.8%.
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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22625/ventnor/topic/employment