3.4% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Highgate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Highgate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are now working or looking for work in Highgate than in previous years, with 66% of the adult population active in the workforce. This is well above both the state and national figures. While employment is high, the area has a lower share of full-time roles than most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment at 54.5% is well below the Australian average, while the unemployment rate is a little below both state and national levels at 3.4%.
66.0% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer for the area at 19.7%. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 12.2% and education and training at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 41.2% of jobs, followed by managers at 16.4%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 11.6% of the population.
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 Highgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40588/highgate/topic/employment