2.5% ▼ -77.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hargraves · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hargraves
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest industry for workers in Hargraves, employing 31.9% of the workforce. While the unemployment rate is a low 2.5%, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian average of 61.1%. For those employed, 57.8% have full-time roles, a figure about the same as the New South Wales average.
49.6% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 31.9%, followed by retail trade at 9.5%. Education and health care each account for 7.8% of jobs, while construction makes up 6.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 33.6%. Other common roles include labourers at 14.7%, technicians and trades at 11.2%, and professionals at 10.3%.
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 Hargraves [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11861/hargraves/topic/employment