4.4% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hamilton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles dominate the workforce in Hamilton, with nearly 32% of workers in these positions. This is a high-performing area where 70.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is strong here, with 66.4% of people working full-time, which is much higher than most other areas. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, slightly below the Queensland figure of 5.4%.
70.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 70.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.4% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for locals are health care and social assistance at 13.4%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 13.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 19.6% of the workforce, while 14.7% work in clerical and administrative roles. Community and personal service workers account for 8.6% of 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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31289/hamilton/topic/employment