4.4% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woodside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 35.7% of the workforce in Woodside, making it the dominant industry for the area. While full-time work is common, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 53.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This is alongside an unemployment rate of 4.4%, which is about the same as the national figure.
53.7% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond the large share of farming and forestry, health care and social assistance is the next biggest employer at 15.8%. Retail trade and education also make up a fair slice of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than a third of the local workforce are managers, accounting for 32.7% of jobs. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14% and professionals at 12.9%.
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 Woodside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22841/woodside/topic/employment