4.5% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Watsonia · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Watsonia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Watsonia than in the rest of the country. About 65.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This active workforce is backed by a strong rate of full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 60.8% of the workforce employed full-time, a little above the Victorian average. However, the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is higher than most similar areas.
65.4% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.8% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 60.8%
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 17.1%, followed by education and training at 11.0% and construction at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.0%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 14.6% 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 Watsonia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22721/watsonia/topic/employment