8.6% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Point Vernon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Point Vernon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Point Vernon than in most similar areas. Only 41.3% of adults are in the workforce, which is far below the national figure. This gap is paired with a much higher unemployment rate than the state or national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 8.6%, well above the 5.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, with only 50.9% of the workforce in full-time roles.
41.3% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here at 24.6%. Other common industries include retail trade at 12.2% and education and training at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About 19.7% of workers are professionals, closely followed by community and personal service workers at 19.2%. Technicians and trades people make up 12.2% 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 Point Vernon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32344/point-vernon/topic/employment