1.9% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Habana · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Habana
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the most common industry for workers in Habana, where 13% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area has a very strong employment profile, with 70.2% of adults working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More people are employed here than in most other areas, and the unemployment rate of 1.9% is well below the 5.1% national figure. Full-time work is also common, with 63.3% of the workforce in full-time roles.
70.2% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.3%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond mining, the biggest industries for local workers are construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 10.7%. Health care and social assistance employ 8.6% of the workforce, followed by education and training at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 19.3%, followed by managers at 18%. Professionals account for 14.3% of roles, while clerical and administrative staff and machinery operators both make up over 10% of the 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 Habana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31281/habana/topic/employment