City of Melbourne
Workers place of residence by industry - All industries
Journey to Work (workers) data shows where the City of Melbourne's local workers come from and how far they are travelling to access employment in the area.
This shows the degree to which the local economy draws on the wider region to supply labour for its industries. It is also useful in planning and advocacy for roads and public transport provision.
The distance and direction travelled by workers in different industry sectors may be influenced by the nature of employment opportunities (higher paid, high value employment may draw people from a wider area); the skill level required (jobs requiring tertiary qualifications will draw more workers from areas with high qualification levels among the residents) the number of jobs available in the industry sector (sectors with more opportunities may have a wider catchment); transport options available and commuting times to the City of Melbourne.
Workers place of residence data should be viewed alongside Self-sufficiency and Jobs to workers ratio datasets for a summary of local employment opportunity by industry, as well as modelled Employment by industry (Total) numbers and Employment locations to understand the relative size of each industry sector and its distribution across the City of Melbourne. To analyse the characteristics of local workers in each industry, go to the Local workers section.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2021 – by journey to work
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Residential location of local workers by industry | |||||||||
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City of Melbourne - All industries | 2021 | ||||||||
Location | Number | % | |||||||
Live and work in the area | 52,016 | 10.3 | |||||||
Work in the area, but live outside | 451,004 | 89.7 | |||||||
Total workers in the area | 503,020 | 100.0 | |||||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions) Excludes residential locations with fewer than 10 people. |
Residential location of local workers by LGA by industry | |||||||||
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City of Melbourne - All industries | 2021 | ||||||||
Location | Number | % | |||||||
Melbourne | 52,016 | 10.3 | |||||||
Moreland | 29,985 | 6.0 | |||||||
Wyndham | 28,928 | 5.8 | |||||||
Boroondara | 23,267 | 4.6 | |||||||
Yarra | 21,467 | 4.3 | |||||||
Port Phillip | 20,818 | 4.1 | |||||||
Darebin | 20,712 | 4.1 | |||||||
Stonnington | 19,446 | 3.9 | |||||||
Glen Eira | 19,059 | 3.8 | |||||||
Moonee Valley | 18,898 | 3.8 | |||||||
Monash | 16,537 | 3.3 | |||||||
Whitehorse | 16,216 | 3.2 | |||||||
Maribyrnong | 15,171 | 3.0 | |||||||
Brimbank | 14,409 | 2.9 | |||||||
Hume | 14,195 | 2.8 | |||||||
Whittlesea | 13,610 | 2.7 | |||||||
Banyule | 13,145 | 2.6 | |||||||
Casey | 12,865 | 2.6 | |||||||
Melton | 12,632 | 2.5 | |||||||
Kingston (Vic.) | 12,511 | 2.5 | |||||||
Hobsons Bay | 11,643 | 2.3 | |||||||
Bayside (Vic.) | 11,481 | 2.3 | |||||||
Manningham | 10,631 | 2.1 | |||||||
Knox | 8,347 | 1.7 | |||||||
Maroondah | 7,709 | 1.5 | |||||||
Greater Geelong | 6,847 | 1.4 | |||||||
Greater Dandenong | 5,831 | 1.2 | |||||||
Yarra Ranges | 5,550 | 1.1 | |||||||
Nillumbik | 4,568 | 0.9 | |||||||
Frankston | 4,060 | 0.8 | |||||||
Mornington Peninsula | 3,366 | 0.7 | |||||||
Macedon Ranges | 3,243 | 0.6 | |||||||
Cardinia | 3,125 | 0.6 | |||||||
Moorabool | 1,618 | 0.3 | |||||||
Mitchell | 1,587 | 0.3 | |||||||
Ballarat | 1,583 | 0.3 | |||||||
Surf Coast | 1,217 | 0.2 | |||||||
Brisbane | 1,093 | 0.2 | |||||||
Greater Bendigo | 743 | 0.1 | |||||||
Baw Baw | 607 | 0.1 | |||||||
Mount Alexander | 484 | 0.1 | |||||||
Gold Coast | 447 | 0.1 | |||||||
Bass Coast | 425 | 0.1 | |||||||
Hepburn | 400 | 0.1 | |||||||
Unincorporated ACT | 336 | 0.1 | |||||||
Golden Plains | 320 | 0.1 | |||||||
Sydney | 291 | 0.1 | |||||||
Latrobe (Vic.) | 286 | 0.1 | |||||||
Sunshine Coast | 240 | 0.0 | |||||||
South Gippsland | 213 | 0.0 | |||||||
Moreton Bay | 210 | 0.0 | |||||||
Murrindindi | 206 | 0.0 | |||||||
Northern Beaches | 185 | 0.0 | |||||||
No usual address (Vic.) | 184 | 0.0 | |||||||
Blacktown | 183 | 0.0 | |||||||
Inner West | 157 | 0.0 | |||||||
Parramatta | 155 | 0.0 | |||||||
Greater Shepparton | 150 | 0.0 | |||||||
Hobart | 149 | 0.0 | |||||||
Randwick | 128 | 0.0 | |||||||
Colac Otway | 123 | 0.0 | |||||||
East Gippsland | 122 | 0.0 | |||||||
Stirling | 122 | 0.0 | |||||||
Canterbury-Bankstown | 120 | 0.0 | |||||||
Central Coast (NSW) | 115 | 0.0 | |||||||
Sutherland Shire | 115 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wellington | 114 | 0.0 | |||||||
The Hills Shire | 112 | 0.0 | |||||||
Ku-ring-gai | 110 | 0.0 | |||||||
Warrnambool | 105 | 0.0 | |||||||
North Sydney | 97 | 0.0 | |||||||
Cumberland | 95 | 0.0 | |||||||
Ipswich | 92 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wodonga | 92 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wollongong | 88 | 0.0 | |||||||
Bayside (NSW) | 87 | 0.0 | |||||||
Hornsby | 87 | 0.0 | |||||||
Ryde | 85 | 0.0 | |||||||
Logan | 85 | 0.0 | |||||||
Mansfield | 83 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wangaratta | 82 | 0.0 | |||||||
Campaspe | 82 | 0.0 | |||||||
Charles Sturt | 82 | 0.0 | |||||||
Alpine | 81 | 0.0 | |||||||
Waverley | 81 | 0.0 | |||||||
Strathbogie | 81 | 0.0 | |||||||
Queenscliffe | 79 | 0.0 | |||||||
Newcastle | 78 | 0.0 | |||||||
Redland | 74 | 0.0 | |||||||
Onkaparinga | 74 | 0.0 | |||||||
Georges River | 73 | 0.0 | |||||||
Willoughby | 68 | 0.0 | |||||||
Cairns | 68 | 0.0 | |||||||
Noosa | 67 | 0.0 | |||||||
Canada Bay | 66 | 0.0 | |||||||
Albury | 65 | 0.0 | |||||||
Penrith | 65 | 0.0 | |||||||
Woollahra | 65 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wanneroo | 65 | 0.0 | |||||||
Joondalup | 63 | 0.0 | |||||||
Townsville | 59 | 0.0 | |||||||
Launceston | 57 | 0.0 | |||||||
Kingborough | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
Mitcham | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
Unley | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
Indigo | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||
Mildura | 55 | 0.0 | |||||||
Byron | 55 | 0.0 | |||||||
Marion | 54 | 0.0 | |||||||
Port Adelaide Enfield | 54 | 0.0 | |||||||
Campbelltown (NSW) | 53 | 0.0 | |||||||
Blue Mountains | 50 | 0.0 | |||||||
West Torrens | 50 | 0.0 | |||||||
Liverpool | 49 | 0.0 | |||||||
Burnside | 48 | 0.0 | |||||||
Lane Cove | 47 | 0.0 | |||||||
Lake Macquarie | 46 | 0.0 | |||||||
Moyne | 45 | 0.0 | |||||||
Holdfast Bay | 45 | 0.0 | |||||||
Darwin | 45 | 0.0 | |||||||
Clarence | 45 | 0.0 | |||||||
Melville | 45 | 0.0 | |||||||
Tea Tree Gully | 44 | 0.0 | |||||||
Moira | 42 | 0.0 | |||||||
Tweed | 42 | 0.0 | |||||||
Bayswater | 41 | 0.0 | |||||||
Norwood Payneham and St Peters | 41 | 0.0 | |||||||
Salisbury | 40 | 0.0 | |||||||
Adelaide | 40 | 0.0 | |||||||
Fairfield | 40 | 0.0 | |||||||
Horsham | 39 | 0.0 | |||||||
Glenelg | 39 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wagga Wagga | 38 | 0.0 | |||||||
Benalla | 36 | 0.0 | |||||||
Northern Grampians | 36 | 0.0 | |||||||
Ararat | 34 | 0.0 | |||||||
Toowoomba | 34 | 0.0 | |||||||
Canning | 33 | 0.0 | |||||||
Vincent | 33 | 0.0 | |||||||
Rockingham | 33 | 0.0 | |||||||
Fremantle | 32 | 0.0 | |||||||
Corangamite | 32 | 0.0 | |||||||
Pyrenees | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||
Campbelltown (SA) | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||
Murray River | 30 | 0.0 | |||||||
Glenorchy | 29 | 0.0 | |||||||
West Tamar | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
Prospect | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
Mosman | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
Camden | 28 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wingecarribee | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
Perth | 27 | 0.0 | |||||||
Cockburn | 26 | 0.0 | |||||||
Burwood | 26 | 0.0 | |||||||
Bega Valley | 26 | 0.0 | |||||||
Port Macquarie-Hastings | 26 | 0.0 | |||||||
Strathfield | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
Central Goldfields | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
South Perth | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
Swan | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||
Southern Grampians | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional | 23 | 0.0 | |||||||
Maitland | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
Fraser Coast | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
Nedlands | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
Adelaide Hills | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||
Gosnells | 21 | 0.0 | |||||||
Subiaco | 20 | 0.0 | |||||||
Hawkesbury | 20 | 0.0 | |||||||
Wollondilly | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||
Huon Valley | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||
Playford | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||
Cambridge | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||
Shoalhaven | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||
Gannawarra | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||
Douglas | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||
Coffs Harbour | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||
Belmont | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||
Armadale | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||
Central Coast (Tas.) | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||
Rockhampton | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||
Eurobodalla | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||
Port Stephens | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||
Kalamunda | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||
Mandurah | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||
Mount Barker | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||
Ballina | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||
Swan Hill | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||
Unincorporated Vic | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||
Yass Valley | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||
Burnie | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||
Latrobe (Tas.) | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||
No usual address (WA) | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Scenic Rim | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Alexandrina | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Whitsunday | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Shellharbour | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Cessnock | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Loddon | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||
Lismore | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||
No usual address (Qld) | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||
Gawler | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||
Palmerston | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Claremont | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Mid-Coast | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Berrigan | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Armidale Regional | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Tamworth Regional | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Gladstone | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Livingstone | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions) Excludes residential locations with fewer than 10 people. |