2.1% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wimbledon Heights · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wimbledon Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of employees in Wimbledon Heights. While the area has a very low unemployment rate of 2.1%, full-time work has fallen sharply over the last decade. This creates a local job market that is smaller than the national figure but remains quite stable.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.1% of residents work full-time, which is well below the Victorian average and has dropped 14 points since 2011. Overall, 56.9% of adults are working or looking for work, though the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 2.1%.
56.9% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.1% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are accommodation and food services at 13.4%, followed by construction at 11.8% and health care and social assistance at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of the workforce are technicians and trades people (23.1%). Other common roles include community and personal service workers and labourers, who each make up 17.2% 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 Wimbledon Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222102/wimbledon-heights/topic/employment