4.9% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment in Albert Park fell by 7.3 percentage points since 2011, though it remains a powerhouse for workers. The area has a very high rate of people working or looking for work, with 71% of adults active in the labour force.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 71% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well above the state average at 66.2%, while the unemployment rate is 4.9%, about the same as the rest of the country.
4.9% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
71.0% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 17.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 9.9% and finance and insurance at 8.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 37.8% of jobs, which aligns with the high number of people working in professional and technical industries. Managers make up another 20.2% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20106/albert-park/topic/employment