4.7% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Victoria Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Victoria Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A growing number of residents are working or looking for work in Victoria Park, with 72.4% of adults now active in the workforce. This figure is far above the national average and shows a strong trend of employment growth for the area. The workforce is characterised by a high proportion of full-time roles and a heavy concentration of professional careers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most areas, at 72.4%, which is far above the Australian figure. While full-time employment is a little above the state average at 62.3%, the unemployment rate is 4.7%, about the same as the national figure.
72.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 72.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 62.3%
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 13.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.7%. Other major industries include education, accommodation and food, and mining, which each employ around 8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common in Victoria Park, making up 33.5% of all jobs. This high number of professionals is balanced by smaller, similar shares of managers, community and personal service workers, and technicians and trades, each around 11%.
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 Victoria Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51490/victoria-park/topic/employment