3.5% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Winter Valley · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Winter Valley, where 20.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a very high number of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. Most of these jobs are full-time, with a typical unemployment rate of 3.5%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 76.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is higher than most areas at 60.0%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the Victorian average.
3.5% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
76.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 20.2%, followed by retail trade at 12.6% and construction at 10.9%. Other common sectors include education and training at 9.8% and manufacturing at 7.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers is a professional, making up 20.0% of the local workforce. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 16.8%, community and personal service workers at 14.5%, and clerical or administrative staff at 12.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Winter Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22814/winter-valley/topic/employment