1.7% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hidden Valley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hidden Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Hidden Valley, where 68.8% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%, reflecting a local job market with high levels of steady employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is very low at 1.7%, which is well below the 5.1% national figure. About 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a result similar to the state average.
62.2% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.4%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.8% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with construction and health care and social assistance both employing 12.1% of the workforce, followed by mining at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 20.0%. Other common roles include professionals at 13.4% and machinery operators and drivers at 12.4%.
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 Hidden Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31327/hidden-valley/topic/employment