5.5% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sea Lake · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Sea Lake
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 Sea Lake than in the rest of the state. While the local unemployment rate of 5.5% is about the same as the national figure, the overall number of people in the workforce has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011 to 57.9%, though this remains higher than in most similar areas.
45.3% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 19.1%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 14.4%, and retail trade at 12.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.2%. Labourers follow at 16.7%, with professionals accounting for 15.3% of the local workforce.
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 Sea Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221063/sea-lake/topic/employment