3.6% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hornsby Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hornsby Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common job type in Hornsby Heights, where over a third of workers are employed in these positions. The area has a strong employment rate, with 66.4% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is well above the state and national figures. This is supported by a low unemployment rate of 3.6%, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
66.4% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.7%
- 2016: 70.0%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 59.6%
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 for local workers at 14.9%, followed closely by education and training at 13.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.8%, while managers account for 16.3% and clerical and administrative staff make up 15.7% 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 Hornsby Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11944/hornsby-heights/topic/employment