1.9% ▼ -78.6%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hopetoun · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Hopetoun
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the most common industries for workers in Hopetoun, tied with health care and social assistance at 21.3%. While the area has a very low unemployment rate of 1.9%, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most similar areas. Full-time employment has fallen 12 points since 2011 to 48.2%, leaving it far below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
44.7% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.2% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across a few main sectors, with health care and social assistance each employing 21.3% of people, alongside education and training at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.3%, followed closely by managers at 16.8% and professionals at 16.2%.
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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221033/hopetoun/topic/employment