2.9% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Anglesea · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Anglesea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working full-time in Anglesea than a decade ago, with that figure falling 2.6 percentage points since 2011. While a smaller share of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, the local unemployment rate is very low at 2.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average, sitting at 46.6%.
54.8% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.6% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 46.6%
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 education and training at 11.6% and construction at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 29.9%, with managers making up 18.6% of the local workforce. Technicians and tradespeople account for another 13%.
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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215003/anglesea/topic/employment