4.5% ▲ +43.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hendon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hendon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up the largest group of workers in Hendon, accounting for 19.1% of the workforce. This small area has a notably low number of people working or looking for work, with only 47.1% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 53.9%, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%.
47.1% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work across the area is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing, manufacturing, and health care and social assistance, each employing 14.6% of residents. Construction and retail trade follow at 10.1% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, the most common roles are labourers at 15.7% and sales workers at 14.6%. Clerical and administrative staff make up 11.2% of workers, while technicians and tradespeople account for 9.0%.
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 Hendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31319/hendon/topic/employment