9.5% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hackney · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hackney
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Hackney compared to the rest of the country. While 48.7% are in the workforce, the unemployment rate is 9.5%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. This makes the area's employment landscape stand out significantly from the state and national norms.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, and the local unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas.
48.7% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for residents, accounting for 21.0% of jobs. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 14.2%, and retail trade at 12.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up a large portion of the local workforce at 44.6%. Managers are the next most common group at 12.0%, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 7.7%.
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 Hackney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40547/hackney/topic/employment