3.7% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hemmant · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hemmant
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Hemmant compared to the rest of the country. This area is marked by high employment levels, with 71.8% of adults in the labour force. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national average at 63.3%. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
71.8% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.0%
- 2016: 72.0%
- 2021: 71.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in Hemmant are in health care and social assistance at 13.2%, followed by manufacturing at 10.0% and construction at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.5%. Other common jobs include clerical and administrative work at 14.9% and technicians and trades at 12.8%.
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 Hemmant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31318/hemmant/topic/employment