4.5% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Viewbank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Viewbank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A diverse mix of professional and service roles shapes daily life in Viewbank. The area has a stable workforce with about 62% of adults working or looking for work, a figure that sits right around the Victorian and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62% of adults are working or looking for work, which is similar to the figures for Victoria and Australia. Full-time employment sits at 58.8%, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is higher than most areas.
62.0% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 58.8%
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 15.7%. Other major industries include professional and technical services and education and training, which both account for 11.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.6%. Managers follow at 15.4%, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 14.3% of jobs.
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 Viewbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22633/viewbank/topic/employment