3.2% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hill Top · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hill Top
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 70% of adults in Hill Top are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average. This means a much larger share of the local adult population is active in the job market compared to most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 69.5% of adults are in the workforce, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.2%, and about 58.7% of the population work full-time.
69.5% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction being the most common industry at 13.1%. Retail trade and health care and social assistance follow closely, each accounting for about 12% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 21.1%. Other common roles include professionals at 12% and machinery operators and drivers at 11.3%.
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 Hill Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11912/hill-top/topic/employment