24.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodstock West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woodstock West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Woodstock West, with 89.3% active in the labour force. This is far above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. However, the area also faces a very high unemployment rate of 24%, which is far above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here at 72.7%, which is far above the Australian figure of 58.9% and among the highest for similar areas.
89.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 89.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 59.1% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 18.2% and manufacturing at 13.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.8%, with clerical and administrative roles at 22.7% and labourers at 18.2%.
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 Woodstock West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22845/woodstock-west/topic/employment