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Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Jobs & Industry in Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan)

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 Rowville, where 12.7% of the workforce is in these fields. This is a hardworking area where 68% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national averages.

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📍 Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) sits — Unemployment rate

4.4% —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) — lower than 66% of areas.

Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan)4.4%
Greater Melbourne 5.3%
Victoria 5.0%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Working rates are much higher here than in most similar areas, with 68% of adults in the labour force. This is supported by a strong full-time employment rate of 61.1%, while the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.4%.

Unemployment rate

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4.4% —

Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.

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

Labour-force participation

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68.0% —

Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.

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

Employed full-time

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61.1% —

Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with retail trade at 11.4%, construction at 10.7%, and manufacturing at 9.5%. Education and training also accounts for 8.4% of jobs.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most common occupation for 22.6% of workers. Other significant groups include clerical and administrative staff at 15.3%, followed by managers and technicians or trades both at 14.3%.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) — Professionals leads at 23%, ahead of Clerical & administrative (16%) and Technicians & trades (15%).

Professionals 22.6% Clerical & administrative 15.3% Technicians & trades 14.3% Managers 14.3% Sales workers 10.1% Community & personal service 9.5% Labourers 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers 5.0%

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 Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27305/rowville/topic/employment