5.6% ▲ +100.9%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Werribee South · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Werribee South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011 in Werribee South. While more people are in full-time roles, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work has dropped to 53.6%. This is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.6%, which is higher than most similar areas and rose from 2.8% in 2011. Around 56.5% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure slightly below the national level.
53.6% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer here, with 19.0% of workers in the field. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 11.1%, and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between professionals and technicians or trades, both at 18.2%. Clerical and administrative roles make up 17.0% of jobs, followed by managers at 12.6%.
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 Werribee South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221080/werribee-south/topic/employment