29.7% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Big Hill · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Among the lowest in its class for employment, Big Hill has a very small proportion of adults working or looking for work. Only 29.7% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that sits well below both state and national levels.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 29.7% of adults in Big Hill are working or looking for work, which is far below the 62.4% figure for Victoria and the 61.1% seen across Australia.
29.7% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Accommodation & food at 45%, ahead of Retail trade (27%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Professionals at 27%, ahead of Sales workers (27%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Big Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20236/big-hill/topic/employment