5.1% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sale · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Sale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Sale than in most other areas, with only 55.4% of the adult population in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%, and the proportion of people working or seeking jobs has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.1%, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment stands at 56.9%, a little below the Victorian average and slightly up from 2011.
55.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Sale at 18%, followed by public administration and safety at 12.9%. Other common industries include retail trade at 11% and education and training at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.4% and technicians and tradespeople at 14.2%.
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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2015/sale/topic/employment