7.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hume · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Hume
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 7.5% marks the job market in Hume, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the number of adults working or looking for work has stayed steady since 2011, full-time employment has fallen by 4.8 percentage points over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is a little above the Victorian figure of 5.0%. Additionally, the 58.8% of adults working or looking for work is well below the state average of 62.4%.
58.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 12.5%, followed by construction at 11.6% and transport and warehousing at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.8%, with technicians and trades workers following closely at 15.3%.
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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23270/hume/topic/employment