7.3% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wyndham Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wyndham Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Wyndham Vale, where 12.9% of people are employed in this sector. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in most other areas, the local unemployment rate of 7.3% is much higher than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 65.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also strong at 62.4%, though the 7.3% unemployment rate is a little above the state and national levels.
65.5% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with retail trade (9.8%), transport and warehousing (9.1%), and construction (8.3%) following health care as the main employers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.1%, followed by clerical and administrative work at 13.4%. Technicians, trades, and community service workers each make up 13.3% of the 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 Wyndham Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22883/wyndham-vale/topic/employment