4.8% —
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warrandyte (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are common in Warrandyte, where nearly 30% of workers are employed as professionals. The local workforce is largely stable, with about 62% of adults working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that rose slightly since 2016. Full-time employment is a little below the national figure at 56.8%, while the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the state and national figures.
4.8% —
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
62.1% —
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% —
Lower than 68% 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 health care and social assistance at 14%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.1% and retail trade at 10.8%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of the workforce are professionals, and 17.7% are managers. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 13.7% and technicians and trades at 10.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Warrandyte (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28301/warrandyte/topic/employment