4.5% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Werribee South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Werribee South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Werribee South are managers, marking the most common occupation in the area. While the local unemployment rate of 4.5% is higher than in most similar areas, more people here hold full-time positions compared to the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the national figure. Full-time employment is a little above the state average at 60.6%.
60.2% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is spread across several key sectors, with construction leading at 13.7%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 19.7% of workers, while professionals account for 17.0%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common, representing 16.0% of the local workforce.
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 Werribee South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22751/werribee-south/topic/employment