2.8% ▼ -84.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hat Head · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Hat Head
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 42.9% of adults in Hat Head are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. While few residents are in the workforce, those who are find it easy to get jobs, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work rose to 42.9% since 2011, though this remains much lower than most areas. Full-time employment also grew to 56.1% over the last decade, while unemployment fell sharply from 17.6% to 2.8%.
42.9% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 56.1%
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 here at 20.5%, followed by education and training at 16.7% and construction at 15.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.5%, with technicians and trades following at 18.9%. Community and personal service workers account for 15.9% 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 Hat Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122065/hat-head/topic/employment