4.5% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Viveash · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Viveash
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Viveash than in most similar areas. About 66.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a community with strong workforce engagement.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 60.3%, slightly above the Australian average. However, the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the state and national figures.
66.2% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer for 22.0% of the workforce. Other common industries include public administration, education, and retail trade, which each employ about 7% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.6%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.8% and clerical staff at 15.7%.
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 Viveash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51494/viveash/topic/employment