4.1% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hornsby · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Hornsby
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment in Hornsby has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011. This is now a place where 63.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate well above the New South Wales figure. It is a professional hub where health care and technical roles dominate the local workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A higher share of adults here are working or looking for work compared to most areas, at 63.5%. While full-time employment has dropped since 2011 to 60.5%, the unemployment rate has stayed steady at 4.1%, which is about the same as the national figure.
63.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 15.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.8%. Education and training also make up a significant slice of the local economy at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is led by professionals, who make up 36.2% of jobs, and managers at 17.0%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 13.8%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 9.0% of occupations.
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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14000/hornsby/topic/employment