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City of Maroondah

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In 2021, 11,499 non-English speakers who were living in the City of Maroondah were employed, of which 63.1% were working full time and 31.5% part time.

For the non-English speaking population, being able to find work and participate in the local economy is a very important step to settling into Australia. High employment can indicate an engaged migrant community, or perhaps a large contingent on work-sponsored visas. A high level of unemployment or low participation rate (the percentage of the population in the labour force) can indicate a community of recent migrants with difficulties adjusting to economic life in Australia, and perhaps with a reliance on government benefits.

Differences in employment status for the local non-English speaking population may be related to the age and length of time that population has been in Australia, proportion of second-generation migrants, as well as qualification levels.

Please note that due to lockdowns in many parts of Australia and the availability of JobKeeper, users may find that some groups have a significant increase in the ‘Employed, away from work’ category. Use these data with caution when comparing over time to previous Censuses.

Employment data should be looked at in conjunction with Age Structure and Qualification data for the recent arrivals.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'Last week did the person have a full time or part time job of any kind?'

Employment status
City of Maroondah - non-English20212016Change
Employment statusNumber%City of Maroondah - Total populationNumber%City of Maroondah - Total population2016 to 2021
Employed11,49994.496.08,75291.394.8+2,747
Employed full-time7,25859.657.45,64758.958.1+1,611
Employed part-time3,61829.732.72,72128.432.2+897
Employed, away from work6235.15.93844.04.5+239
Unemployed (Unemployment rate)6845.64.08368.75.2-152
Looking for full-time work3492.91.94985.22.7-149
Looking for part-time work3352.72.13383.52.5-3
Total Labour Force12,183100.0100.09,588100.0100.0+2,595
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Labour force status
City of Maroondah - non-English20212016Change
Labour force statusNumber%City of Maroondah - Total populationNumber%City of Maroondah - Total population2016 to 2021
Total labour force (Participation rate)12,18367.265.49,58863.864.6+2,595
Not in the labour force5,78031.931.05,33135.531.0+449
Labour force status not stated1690.93.61140.84.4+55
Total persons aged 15+18,132100.0100.015,033100.0100.0+3,099
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

The size of the City of Maroondah's non-English speaking labour force in 2021 was 12,183 persons, of which 3,618 were employed part-time and 7,258 were full time workers.

Analysis of the employment status (as a percentage of the labour force) of non-English speakers in the City of Maroondah in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Maroondah shows that there was a lower proportion in employment, and a higher proportion unemployed. Overall, 94.4% of the non-English speaking labour force was employed, and 2.9% unemployed, compared with 96.0% and 1.9% respectively for the total population in the City of Maroondah.

Analysis of the non-English speaking labour force participation rate of the population in the City of Maroondah in 2021 shows that there was a higher proportion in the labour force (67.2%) compared with the total population in the City of Maroondah (65.4%).

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of non-English speaking population employed in the City of Maroondah showed an increase of 2,747 people and the number unemployed showed a decrease of 149 people. In the same period, the number of people in the labour force showed an increase of 2,595 people, or 27.1%.

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