3.8% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hopetoun Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hopetoun Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Hopetoun Park than in most similar areas. While 70.0% of adults are in the labour force, a smaller proportion work full-time compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the 56.1% who have full-time jobs is well below the Victorian average of 59.2%, while the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below state and national levels.
70.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.6%
- 2016: 71.0%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area, accounting for 20.0% of jobs. Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 11.8%, and education and training at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation at 17.6%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 16.3%, and machinery operators and drivers at 12.0%.
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 Hopetoun Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21202/hopetoun-park/topic/employment