3.2% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Torquay - Jan Juc · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Torquay - Jan Juc
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Torquay - Jan Juc are active in the workforce, which helps create a busy local economy. This is seen in the 66.7% of adults working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average. The area is also seeing a strong trend toward high employment, with the unemployment rate falling to 3.2% since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most similar areas, rising 5.4 points since 2011. While the unemployment rate is a little below the state figure at 3.2%, full-time employment has fallen slightly to 56.5%.
66.7% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.4%, followed by construction at 12.6% and education and training at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.0%, with managers accounting for another 16.9% of the local 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 Torquay - Jan Juc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212007/torquay-jan-juc/topic/employment