2.9% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ventnor · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Ventnor
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Ventnor than in most similar areas. Only 47.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure. While full-time work is less common here, the unemployment rate is very low at 2.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Victoria figure of 62.4%, though it has risen slightly since 2011. Full-time employment is also far below the national average at 41.9%, a figure that has fallen 3.0 percentage points over the last decade.
47.6% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
41.9% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in construction, where 12.3% of people work, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 12.0% and education and training at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About 21.7% of the workforce are professionals and 18.5% are managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.8% and community and personal service workers at 11.4%.
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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221075/ventnor/topic/employment