0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hesket · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hesket
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Hesket than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is a remarkably low 0.0%, only 53.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure, with 54.4% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is lower than most similar areas and sits 4.7 percentage points below the Victorian average.
53.9% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 16.5%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.2%. Other notable sectors include public administration and safety at 10.1% and health care at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 31.6% of workers, while managers make up another 25.3%. Clerical and administrative staff account for 10.1% of the local workforce.
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 Hesket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21176/hesket/topic/employment