4.2% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maldon · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Maldon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Maldon than in most similar areas. Only 45% of the adult population is in the labour force, a figure that has fallen by nearly 10 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has dropped to 47.1%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 59.2%. Despite these trends, the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the national figure.
45.0% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.1% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 47.1%
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 15.8%, followed by retail trade at 9.7% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%, while technicians and trades account for 16% 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 Maldon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215052/maldon/topic/employment