3.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hunters Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hunters Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Hunters Hill compared to the national figure. While the area has a strong presence of professional and managerial roles, only 56.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below both the state and national figures. Around 57.3% of the population are employed full-time, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average.
56.3% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the main employer for 15.8% of workers. This is followed by health care and social assistance at 14.8%, and finance and insurance at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by high-level roles, with professionals making up 37.4% of occupations and managers accounting for 26.3%. Clerical and administrative workers make up another 12.8%.
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 Hunters Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11961/hunters-hill/topic/employment