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Employment

A number of organisations publish counts of Melbourne's employed and unemployed residents, as well as the numbers of the working population.

The City of Melbourne's employment publications include:

City Workers Profile

This report profiled the City of Melbourne’s working population and their work travel patterns, demographic characteristics and occupations. In July 2008 the city took over administration of parts of Kensington and North Melbourne previously under the City of Moonee Valley. This report includes people who work in the new areas.

There are two important sources of information about City of Melbourne’s employment. They are the ABS Census, which counted around 300,000 workers in the week prior to the census day, and the City of Melbourne’s Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE – see below), which counted City of Melbourne’s employment at approximately 365,000 in 2006.

Workers Profile (PDF, 750kb) This link opens in a new browser window

Contacts: Nick Casey
Date published: June 2008

Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE)

Every two years, the City of Melbourne conducts a Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE), which updates information on the numbers of people employed in the city by location, status, industry, space use, space type, floorspace and establishment.

For more information visit CLUE (Census of Land Use and Employment).

City Economy

The Economic Profile presents a range of economic indicators for Australia, the State and (where available) the City of Melbourne municipality.

See more City Economy.

Related statistical information

The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes labour market information from the census and the quarterly labour market estimates. This includes basic statistical data about the City of Melbourne's workers at the time of the 2006 census, their journeys to work, where they work, industry they work in, and mode of transport used to get to work.

The Department of Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business also publishes employment data.

Further information

Enterprise Melbourne – research by industry sector