5.5% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
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.
A lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Hendon compared to the national figure. While 58.1% of adults are in the labour force, this is well below the Australian average of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are more likely to have full-time roles than people in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the state and national figures at 60.0%. This sits alongside an unemployment rate of 5.5%, which is higher than most similar areas.
58.1% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 60.0%
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 at 16.9%, followed by construction at 12.2% and retail trade at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are professionals at 19.4% and technicians and trades at 17.2%. Clerical and administrative workers make up 14.0% of the 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 Hendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40583/hendon/topic/employment