4.7% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hornsby · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hornsby
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high percentage of adults in Hornsby are active in the workforce, with 65.2% working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The local job market is dominated by professional roles and the health care sector.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More people are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, and 60.2% of the population are employed full-time. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
65.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.2% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.4%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.8%. Education and training also make up a significant share of local jobs at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 36.1% of all jobs. Other typical occupations include clerical and administrative work at 12.7% and managers at 12.1%.
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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11943/hornsby/topic/employment