3.3% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woodford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Woodford than in most similar areas. While 76.3% of adults are active in the labour force, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 54.8%. This creates a distinct local employment profile where more people participate in the workforce, but fewer do so in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 3.3%, which is a little below both the Victorian and Australian figures. However, the number of people in full-time work is well below the state average.
76.3% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.1%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 76.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 54.8%
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 15.5%, followed by construction at 10% and manufacturing at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.8%, with managers at 17.6% and technicians and tradespeople at 17.2%.
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 Woodford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22836/woodford/topic/employment