0.8% ▲ —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waldara · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waldara
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Waldara compared to most similar areas. This is a productive community where the unemployment rate is very low at 0.8%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 68% of adults are in the workforce—well above the Victorian figure of 62.4%—full-time employment is lower than most areas at 55.8%.
68.0% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.9%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest groups working in health care and social assistance (17.0%) and retail trade (15.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.3%, followed by managers at 17.0% and clerical or administrative workers at 15.9%.
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 Waldara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22650/waldara/topic/employment