7.5% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hoppers Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hoppers Crossing
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than average unemployment rate of 7.5% marks the job market in Hoppers Crossing. While many residents hold steady full-time roles, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 7.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 5.0%. Meanwhile, 59.8% of adults are working or looking for work, slightly below the national rate of 61.1%.
59.8% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 59.4%
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 12.0%, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and transport and warehousing at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.6%, while technicians and trades people account for 14.4% 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 Hoppers Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21203/hoppers-crossing/topic/employment