5.5% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hammond · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Hammond
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than two-thirds of adults in Hammond are in the workforce, making it a place where many residents do not have a standard job. This is seen in the 53.1% of adults working or looking for work, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment fell to 55.3% since 2011, which is much lower than in most similar areas. The unemployment rate has stayed steady at 5.5%, about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
53.1% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 55.3%
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 at 14.9%, followed by retail trade at 10.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 17.5%, with technicians and trades making up another 14.8% of the local workforce.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40020/hammond/topic/employment