4.3% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Huntleys Cove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Huntleys Cove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is more common in Huntleys Cove than in most other areas. Many residents hold high-level roles in professional services, which helps explain why 62.6% of the workforce is employed full-time—a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Australian figure. The unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national rates.
58.1% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.6% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers here are professional and technical services at 15.7%, followed by retail trade at 10.7% and health care and social assistance at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 37.1%, followed by managers at 23.4% and clerical or administrative staff at 14.0%.
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 Huntleys Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11967/huntleys-cove/topic/employment