3.8% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hampton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hampton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Hampton than in most similar areas, with 64.5% of the population active in the workforce. This creates a professional atmosphere where the typical worker is more likely to be in a high-skilled role than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A little more than 64% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 3.8%, slightly lower than both the state and national figures.
64.5% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 64.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer for residents, making up 16.4% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward high-level roles, with professionals and managers accounting for nearly 60% of all jobs.
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 Hampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21131/hampton/topic/employment