6.6% ▲ +76.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eildon · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Eildon
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 Eildon than in most similar areas. Only 42.7% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has fallen by 13 percentage points since 2011. This trend is matched by a drop in full-time employment and a slightly higher unemployment rate of 6.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 42.7% of the population, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 47.1%, while the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure at 6.6%.
42.7% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.1% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 17.9%, followed by accommodation and food services at 13.2% and education and training at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most frequent occupation at 17.9%. Community and personal service workers make up 17.1% of the workforce, while labourers account for 15.2%.
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 Eildon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221026/eildon/topic/employment