3.7% ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hovea · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hovea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Hovea compared to most similar areas. While 67% of adults are active in the labour force, full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment at 54.9% is well below the state rate of 60.2%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.7%.
67.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.2%, followed by education and training at 10.9% and public administration and safety at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.4%, with managers at 17.7% and clerical and administrative roles at 13.4% also common.
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 Hovea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50657/hovea/topic/employment