3.0% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warrandyte South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Warrandyte South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than seven out of ten adults in Warrandyte South are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. This high level of activity supports a workforce that is slightly more likely to be in full-time roles than the national average, with a very low unemployment rate of 3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 71.8%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 56.8%, while the unemployment rate of 3.0% is a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
71.8% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.7%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 71.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 13.3%, followed closely by construction at 13.0% and retail trade at 12.3%. Education and training also employs 10.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the local workforce are either professionals (23.8%) or managers (23.3%). Other common roles include clerical and administrative positions at 13.6% and technicians and trades at 12.5%.
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 Warrandyte South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22703/warrandyte-south/topic/employment