0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hithergreen · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Hithergreen than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is very low at 0.0%, full-time employment is far below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. This suggests a workforce with high activity but a high proportion of part-time or casual roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 84.5% of adults active in the labour force. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%, though only 48.9% of residents have full-time jobs.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
84.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for 27.7% of workers. Health care and social assistance follow at 21.3%, with construction accounting for 12.8% of the local workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job role at 23.4%, followed by sales workers at 14.9%. Technicians and trades people make up 12.8% of the local occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Hithergreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50644/hithergreen/topic/employment