0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hexham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hexham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture and forestry employ 70% of the workforce in Hexham, making it the dominant industry for the area. This strong focus on farming is matched by a very stable job market, where there is currently no unemployment reported.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 64.3% of people employed full-time, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. About 61.5% of adults are working or looking for work, similar to the figures for Victoria and Australia.
61.5% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 78.6%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily centred on the land, with 70% of workers in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other smaller shares of the workforce are found in construction at 7.1% and professional services at 5.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 58.6%, followed by labourers at 14.3% and professionals at 12.9%. Community and personal service workers account for 8.6% 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 Hexham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21178/hexham/topic/employment