2.9% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wy Yung · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wy Yung
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mid-range employment figures define Wy Yung, where about 59.3% of adults are working or looking for work. While this is a little below the national figure, the area maintains a low unemployment rate of 2.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 59.3%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 56.6%, slightly lower than both the state and national figures.
59.3% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.8%, followed by construction at 12.1% and education and training at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.4%, while technicians and trades workers account for 16.5% 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 Wy Yung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22876/wy-yung/topic/employment