By Alesha Capone
Wyndham’s unemployment rate has fallen by two per cent within a 12-month period.
According to data from the federal Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, there were 7458 jobless residents in Wyndham at June this year, an unemployment rate of 5.7 per cent.
In comparison, in June last year, Wyndham recorded 9686 unemployed residents, an unemployment rate of 7.7 per cent.
The Wyndham suburbs which recorded the highest levels of unemployment were Werribee with 2041 jobless residents (compared to 2509 previously); Hoppers Crossing with 1557 jobless residents (compared to 2101 previously); Point Cook with 970 jobless residents (compared to 1282 previously); and Wyndham Vale with 955 jobless residents (compared to 1290 previously).
The municipality in Victoria which recorded the highest level of joblessness at June was Brimbank, also in Melbourne’s west, with 9111 unemployed residents and an unemployment rate of 8.6 per cent.
After the unemployment figures were released last week, federal Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Michaelia Cash described the numbers as “positive” in a media statement.
“Since the Morrison government came to office in September 2013, almost 1.4 million jobs have been created, an increase of 12.2 per cent,” she said.
“While ABS labour force figures can jump around from month to month, today’s data continue to reflect a strong labour market and highlight the success of the government’s efforts to stimulate ongoing, sustainable jobs growth, even in the face of significant global and domestic headwinds,” the statement said.
In 2017, a report from Victoria University’s Centre of Policy Studies, said that employment in Australia was estimated to grow to almost 14 million jobs within the following eight years, a net increase of some 1.6 million jobs.
