4.9% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hilton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hilton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people hold full-time jobs in Hilton compared to the rest of the state. While 62% of adults are working or looking for work, the share of full-time employees is well below both the Western Australian and national figures. This creates a distinct employment profile for the suburb.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.7% of the local workforce is employed full-time, which is well below the state figure of 60.2%. The unemployment rate is 4.9%, a figure that is about the same as the national average but higher than most similar areas.
62.0% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 53.7%
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 for local workers at 14.7%, followed closely by education and training at 14.4%. Professional services and construction also employ significant shares of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.2%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15% and managers at 12.4%.
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 Hilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50641/hilton/topic/employment