8.1% ▲ +36.5%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clunes · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Clunes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Clunes (L) (Vic.), with 16.5% of the workforce employed in this sector. The local job market faces significant challenges, as the unemployment rate has risen to 8.1%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that fell 11 points since 2011 and is far below the Victorian average. Full-time employment has also dropped sharply to 45.7%, leaving the area far below the national level.
45.0% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.7% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, education and training is a major employer at 16.2%. Other notable sectors include manufacturing at 7.9%, retail trade at 7%, and construction at 6.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 22.9%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.9%, and community and personal service workers at 13.3%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Clunes
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221019/clunes/topic/employment