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Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Jobs & Industry in Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan)

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Mount Waverley than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate of 5.7% is higher than in most other areas, full-time employment remains steady at 59.8%.

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📍 Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) sits — Unemployment rate

5.7% —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 71% of areas.

Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan)5.7%
Greater Melbourne 5.3%
Victoria 5.0%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The proportion of adults working or looking for work rose to 59.2% since 2016, though this is still well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Unemployment has fallen 1.6 percentage points over the last five years to reach 5.7%.

Unemployment rate

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5.7% —

Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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59.2% —

Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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59.8% —

Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.5%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 13.1%. Retail trade accounts for 10.1% of jobs.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most common occupation at 34.4%, with managers making up another 15.5% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative staff represent 12.9% of workers.

Occupations people work in

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In Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is Professionals at 35%, followed by Managers (16%) and Clerical & administrative (13%).

Professionals 34.4% Managers 15.5% Clerical & administrative 12.9% Technicians & trades 8.8% Sales workers 8.5% Community & personal service 8.3% Labourers 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers 3.3%

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 Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25501/mount-waverley/topic/employment