4.8% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Seven Hills · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Seven Hills
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 70% of adults in Seven Hills are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a highly active local workforce where full-time employment is much more common than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also high at 62.1%, while the unemployment rate is 4.8%, about the same as the national rate.
69.9% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.7%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.1% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.0%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 14.5%. Education and training also employ a significant 10.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 36.6%, which aligns with the high number of people working in technical and health services. Managers make up another 19.5% 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 Seven Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32537/seven-hills/topic/employment