1.7% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hamilton Valley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hamilton Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Hamilton Valley than in most similar areas. This workforce is very active, with a tiny 1.7% unemployment rate and 65.5% of residents employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 72.9% of adults in the labour force, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. This strength is reflected in a very low unemployment rate of 1.7%, well below the 5.1% national average.
72.9% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.9%
- 2016: 70.6%
- 2021: 72.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.5% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 65.5%
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 residents at 15.7%, followed by construction at 13.5% and education and training at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 15.7%, while technicians and trades and clerical and administrative staff each make up 14.6% of the workforce.
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 Hamilton Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11849/hamilton-valley/topic/employment