2.0% ▼ -75.9%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nichols Point · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Nichols Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge jump in workforce participation has transformed Nichols Point since 2011. The proportion of adults working or looking for work soared by 37 percentage points over the decade, with 77.1% of adults now active in the labour market. This shift has created a highly employed area where very few people are out of work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is very low at just 2%, which is well below the 5.1% national figure. Full-time employment has also risen steadily to 63.2%, a rate well above both Victoria and the rest of Australia.
77.1% ▲ +90.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 77.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.2% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with education and training (12.3%) and construction (12.0%) being the most common industries. Health care and social assistance also employ 11.1% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.8%, followed by managers at 17.7%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 14.8% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative staff account for 14.2%.
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 Nichols Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221055/nichols-point/topic/employment