5.2% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hobsons Bay · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Hobsons Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Hobsons Bay, where 11.0% of the workforce is found. This area has a strong employment profile, with more adults working or looking for work than in most other similar regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well above the Australian average at 62.7%, though this is down 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
63.8% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (11.0%), professional and technical services (9.8%), and construction (9.5%). Education and training also employ 9.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27.5%, followed by managers at 16.0%. Other significant groups include clerical and administrative workers at 13.7% and technicians and trades at 11.4%.
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 Hobsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23110/hobsons-bay/topic/employment