5.5% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wunghnu · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wunghnu
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is common for the 60.4% of residents who have a job in Wunghnu. While many people here have stable, full-time roles, a smaller proportion of the total adult population is working or looking for work compared to the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 58.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. The unemployment rate is 5.5%, which is higher than most similar areas.
58.0% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 13.8%, followed closely by construction at 13.2% and retail trade at 12.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 21.4%, while technicians and tradespeople account for another 18.9% 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 Wunghnu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22873/wunghnu/topic/employment