0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hanging Rock · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Hanging Rock than in most similar areas. Only 36.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure far below the national average. Despite this, there is no unemployment here, with a rate of 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures. For those who are working, 57.6% are in full-time roles, which is about the same as the New South Wales average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
36.5% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 33.3%. Manufacturing and accommodation and food services both account for 18.2% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is led by managers, who make up 39.4% of roles, followed by professionals at 24.2%. Sales workers represent 18.2% of the local occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Hanging Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11854/hanging-rock/topic/employment