13.2% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heckenberg · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Heckenberg
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Low employment rates define Heckenberg, where only 38.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This is among the lowest levels seen in similar areas, with a high unemployment rate of 13.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer people here are in the workforce compared to New South Wales and Australia, with the typical person far less likely to have a full-time job. Unemployment is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
38.6% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.8%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.4% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Heckenberg are health care and social assistance at 14.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.9% and manufacturing at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local jobs are heavily concentrated in manual roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 16.9% of the workforce and labourers accounting for 16.5%.
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 Heckenberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11894/heckenberg/topic/employment