5.4% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
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.
A higher proportion of adults in Hillcrest are working or looking for work compared to most other areas. About 63.8% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While more people here are working or seeking jobs, the unemployment rate is 5.4%, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 58.4%, slightly above the South Australian average.
63.8% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.4%, followed by retail trade at 9.5% and education and training at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About 25.7% of workers are professionals, while clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 13.2%.
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/SAL40592/hillcrest/topic/employment