0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yapeen · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment marks Yapeen as a place where everyone who wants a job has one. While the local workforce is about as active as the national average, far fewer people work full-time compared to the rest of Victoria.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is similar to the national figure. However, the 53.6% who have full-time jobs is well below the 59.2% seen across Victoria.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
61.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is diverse, with the most common industries being construction at 15.2% and manufacturing at 13.6%. Education and training (12.8%) and health care and social assistance (12.0%) also employ a significant share of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.6%. Other common roles include technicians and trades as well as community and personal service workers, who each account for 15.2% of occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Yapeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22907/yapeen/topic/employment