3.4% ▼ -59.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hawks Nest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hawks Nest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small proportion of the local population is in the workforce, with only 37% of adults in Hawks Nest working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, suggesting a community where many residents are retired or not employed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national figure, with 48.4% of workers in full-time roles. While the number of people working is low, the unemployment rate is 3.4%, which is a little below the Australian average of 5.1%.
37.0% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.4% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 48.4%
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 here at 17.6%, followed by accommodation and food services at 11.6% and construction at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades at 18.5% and professionals at 18.2%, while community and personal service workers make up 13.0% 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 Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11880/hawks-nest/topic/employment