8.3% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Harlaxton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Harlaxton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Harlaxton than in most similar areas. While a good number of people hold full-time roles, the area faces a much higher unemployment rate than the rest of the state and country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is mirrored by an unemployment rate of 8.3%, which is well above the Australian figure of 5.1%.
53.6% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance, where 18.1% of people work, followed by education and training at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local workers are spread across various roles, with the highest proportions in community and personal service (16.6%) and technicians and trades (16.5%).
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 Harlaxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31296/harlaxton/topic/employment