6.7% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pyramid Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pyramid Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 6.7% marks the local job market in Pyramid Hill, which is a little above the national figure. Far fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas, with the typical workforce split across farming and management roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Victorian average. Full-time employment is also well below national levels at 53.2%.
52.4% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 37.6% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.2% and education and training at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27.4%, followed by labourers at 23.2%. Community and personal service roles account for another 13.1% of local jobs.
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 Pyramid Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22130/pyramid-hill/topic/employment