2.4% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Harkaway · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Harkaway
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Harkaway are working or looking for work, with 67.6% active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The area is also seeing very strong employment, with an unemployment rate of just 2.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is much higher than in most areas. While the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national figures at 2.4%, full-time employment sits at 56.6%, which is slightly lower than the Victorian average.
67.6% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 16.5%. Other significant employers include health care and social assistance at 11.6%, and retail trade at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.1%, followed closely by managers at 21.4%. Clerical and administrative staff make up 13.8% of the workforce, while technicians and trades account for 13.4%.
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 Harkaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21139/harkaway/topic/employment