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Wendouree (Western Victoria) · State Electorate

Jobs & Industry in Wendouree (Western Victoria)

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

One in five workers in Wendouree is employed in health care and social assistance. While the local unemployment rate has dropped to 4.7%, the area has fewer people working or looking for work than most similar places.

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📍 Wendouree (Western Victoria), State Electorate

Where Wendouree (Western Victoria) sits — Unemployment rate

4.7% —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Wendouree (Western Victoria) — lower than 54% of areas.

Wendouree (Western Victoria)4.7%
Rest of Vic. 4.1%
Victoria 5.0%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 59.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also fallen to 56.0%, leaving it a little below the national average.

Unemployment rate

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4.7% —

Lower than 54% 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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56.0% —

Lower than 74% 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 biggest employer at 20.0%, followed by education and training at 10.9% and retail trade at 10.1%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most common at 24.1%, while community and personal service workers make up 13.5% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Wendouree (Western Victoria) — Professionals leads at 24%, ahead of Community & personal service (14%) and Technicians & trades (13%).

Professionals 24.1% Community & personal service 13.5% Technicians & trades 13.2% Clerical & administrative 12.3% Managers 11.6% Labourers 9.6% Sales workers 9.4% Machinery operators & drivers 4.8%

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 Wendouree (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28408/wendouree/topic/employment