7.2% ▲ +37.1%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Violet Town · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Violet Town
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer in Violet Town, where 21.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The town's employment landscape has shifted significantly, with a far lower proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, at 42.2%, a figure that fell 17 points since 2011. The unemployment rate is 7.2%, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
42.2% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.6% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the biggest industries for local workers are construction at 10.6%, retail trade at 8.5%, education and training at 7.7%, and manufacturing at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly across several roles, with managers and professionals both at 14.6%, followed by technicians and trades, community and personal service workers, and labourers, who each make up 13.8% of the group.
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 Violet Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221077/violet-town/topic/employment