0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pleasant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment marks the current job market in Pleasant Hills, where full-time work is more common than in most other areas. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work than the national figure, those who are employed overwhelmingly hold full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 62.5%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. However, the overall share of adults working or looking for work is 54.4%, well below the national figure of 61.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
54.4% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, accounting for 42.9% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 8.9%, while construction, retail trade and education each make up 7.1%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 41.1%, followed by labourers at 21.4%. Community and personal service workers account for 12.5%, while professionals and technicians or trades each sit at 8.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Pleasant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13240/pleasant-hills/topic/employment