4.9% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Victoria Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Victoria Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in East Victoria Park, where 14.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a highly active area for employment, with a far higher proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 71.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. While 61.4% of the workforce is employed full-time, the unemployment rate is 4.9%, about the same as the state and national figures.
71.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 71.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.1% and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 33.9% of workers. Other frequent roles include managers at 13% and community and personal service workers at 11.7%.
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 East Victoria Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50468/east-victoria-park/topic/employment