6.3% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hillcrest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hillcrest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Hillcrest than in most similar areas. While 65% of adults are active in the job market, the local unemployment rate of 6.3% is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the national figure at 61.4%. This contributes to the 65% of adults who are working or looking for work, which is well above both the state and national averages.
65.0% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.7%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 14.3%, followed by retail trade at 12.5% and manufacturing at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are machinery operators and drivers at 15%, and technicians and trades at 14.8%. Community and personal service workers make up 14.3% of the local workforce.
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 Hillcrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31338/hillcrest/topic/employment