4.0% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hamlyn Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hamlyn Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Hamlyn Heights, where 16.7% of workers are in this field. This suburb has a strong workforce, with a significantly higher proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the 61.1% national average. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
66.0% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for residents are construction at 11.6% and education and training at 10.7%. Retail trade and public administration also make up significant portions of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 24.1% of jobs. Technicians and trades people make up 14.5%, followed by community and personal service workers at 12.9%.
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 Hamlyn Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21130/hamlyn-heights/topic/employment