4.9% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quarry Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Quarry Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high number of working adults define the professional life of Quarry Hill, where 68.4% of adults are employed or seeking work. While this is well above national and state levels, a smaller proportion of the workforce holds full-time roles compared to other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, though the unemployment rate of 4.9% is higher than in most similar areas. Full-time employment is well below the Victorian figure of 59.2%, sitting at 51.6%.
68.4% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer for 22.1% of workers, followed by education and training at 11.8% and retail trade at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.0%, while community and personal service roles account for 13.6% 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 Quarry Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22134/quarry-hill/topic/employment