3.4% ▲ +80.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hammond Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hammond Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are in the workforce in Hammond Park than in most other similar areas. About 82.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. This creates a community where the vast majority of adults are active in the job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here, with 65.6% of the workforce in full-time roles, well above the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. This strong participation is matched by an unemployment rate of 3.4%, which is a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
82.2% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.6%
- 2016: 78.9%
- 2021: 82.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.6% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 65.6%
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 15.7%. Other common industries include construction at 8.8%, professional and technical services at 8.4%, and education and training at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%. This is followed by technicians and trades people at 16.3% and clerical or administrative staff at 14.5%.
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 Hammond Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50610/hammond-park/topic/employment