5.0% ▼ -49.8%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Portland · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Portland
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 Portland, with 16.0% of workers in the field. The town has a small proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, though the number of people in jobs has risen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen to 53.8%, while the unemployment rate has dropped significantly from 10.0% in 2011 to 5.0%.
53.0% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads local employment at 16.0%, followed by manufacturing at 14.7%. Other common industries include education and training (8.5%), retail trade (8.4%), and accommodation and food services (7.7%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 15.4%. This is followed closely by technicians and trades at 14.7%, community and personal service workers at 14.4%, and labourers at 13.9%.
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2014/portland/topic/employment