0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hotspur · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hotspur
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Hotspur have remained steady over the last decade, with a very high proportion of adults currently active in the workforce. A striking 71.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. About 59.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, a rate similar to that of Victoria and Australia.
71.4% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 78.9%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 40.9% of the local workforce, followed by retail trade at 22.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Half of the local workforce are managers, while the remaining jobs are split between labourers at 22.7% and sales workers at 18.2%.
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 Hotspur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21208/hotspur/topic/employment