5.3% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heatherton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Heatherton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher proportions of adults are working or looking for work in Heatherton compared to most similar areas. About 68.5% of adults are active in the labour force, which is well above the national figure. This suggests a community with a very strong attachment to the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is active, with 68.5% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also a little above the rest of the country at 61.3%, while the unemployment rate is 5.3%, about the same as the state and national figures.
68.5% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 68.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.7%, followed by retail trade at 11.5% and professional and technical services at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of the workforce are professionals, making it the most common occupation group. Managers follow at 18.5%, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 12.5% of 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 Heatherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21163/heatherton/topic/employment