3.6% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hawker · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hawker
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of people have full-time jobs in Hawker compared to most similar areas. While 61.4% of the workforce is in full-time employment, the overall rate of adults working or looking for work is well below the ACT average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, a little below the Australian average and roughly equal to the ACT.
61.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry here, employing 25.4% of the workforce. Other large sectors include education and training at 12.7% and health care and social assistance at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.7%, followed by managers at 19.6%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 12.7% of occupations in the area.
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 Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80072/hawker/topic/employment