3.8% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Trafalgar · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Trafalgar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 5.9 percentage points separates Trafalgar from the Victorian average in the proportion of adults working or looking for work. While 56.6% of adults are in the workforce, the local unemployment rate is just 3.8%, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen to 56.2% since 2011, a figure well below the Victorian average. However, more adults are now working or looking for work compared to a decade ago, and the unemployment rate has dropped by 2.0 points to 3.8%.
56.6% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.1%, followed by construction at 11.6% and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.9%, with technicians and trades also common at 15.3%.
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 Trafalgar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215086/trafalgar/topic/employment