4.3% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stratford · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Stratford
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 Stratford compared to the state and national figures. While the number of people in the workforce rose by 5.0 percentage points since 2011, the area still sits well below Victorian and Australian averages for employment. Most of those who do work are employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 62.4% seen across Victoria. The unemployment rate has fallen to 4.3%, a figure about the same as the national average.
58.0% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here at 16.0%, followed by construction at 13.3% and public administration and safety at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers and community and personal service workers are the most common roles, each making up 18.6% of the workforce. Professionals account for 13.8%, while labourers make up 12.1%.
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 Stratford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215080/stratford/topic/employment