4.7% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Hay, where 15.8% of workers are in these fields. While full-time work is common, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
54.1% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.6% and construction at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 18.0%, with technicians and trades making up 16.2% of the workforce. Managers account for 15.1% of local roles.
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11881/hay/topic/employment