3.2% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hamilton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Hamilton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Hamilton than in 2011, with the workforce shrinking by 2.5 percentage points. Despite this, the town has a very healthy job market, with an unemployment rate of just 3.2% which is lower than most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 55.0%, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also fallen since 2011 to 55.0%, a level that sits well below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
55.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Hamilton at 20.0%, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%, with technicians and tradespeople also common at 15.4%.
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214008/hamilton/topic/employment