9.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodstock · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Woodstock
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people working in Woodstock. While full-time work has risen since 2011, the area now faces a high unemployment rate of 9.6%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 29.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below both the state and national averages. This is a sharp drop from 2011, though the unemployment rate has fallen slightly to 9.6%.
29.1% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 15.3%. Manufacturing, retail trade, and accommodation and food services each make up 11.1% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 18.1%. This is followed by community and personal service workers and sales workers, who each represent 16.7% of the workforce.
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 Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122152/woodstock/topic/employment