The Hills Shire

Where do our residents go to work? - Employment self-containment

Journey to Work data is based on the 2006 Census Question: 'For the main job held last week, what was the person's workplace address?'

Self-containment measures the proportion of employed residents who are employed within the boundaries of the Local Government Area or region. It indicates the propensity of residents to seek employment outside the Local Government Area or region in which they live.

Self containment is likely to be higher for regional areas and, lower in metropolitan areas and is influenced by:

  • The nature of employment opportunities versus the skills and qualifications of residents;
  • Transport options available and commuting times;
  • Relationship between wages and salaries and house prices in the area; and
  • The geographic size of the area.

Employment self-containment The Hills Shire 2006 and 20012006
Industry sector (2006 ANZSIC)Total employedEmployed in the Shire% employed in the Shire
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing53132461.0
Mining1253326.4
Manufacturing7,8801,42318.1
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services708567.9
Construction6,7722,15531.8
Wholesale Trade6,1841,53924.9
Retail Trade9,7314,37344.9
Accommodation and Food Services3,8491,54940.2
Transport, Postal and Warehousing2,89645715.8
Information Media and Telecommunications2,07531615.2
Financial and Insurance Services5,18396418.6
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services1,80165836.5
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services8,0142,65933.2
Administrative and Support Services2,31568729.7
Public Administration and Safety3,94944011.1
Education and Training7,2492,33432.2
Health Care and Social Assistance8,4881,94923.0
Arts and Recreation Services1,00838438.1
Other Services3,3731,21135.9
Inadequately described1,97137719.1
Total industries84,10223,88828.4

This dataset describes the work location (LGA) of employed residents of the area. It differs from the main journey to work dataset in that it shows simply the number and proportion of residents working in each industry who work within the area. Journey to Work data is created by cross tabulating a person’s main workplace address (Place of Work Data) with their place of usual residence to create a matrix of home to work. The data is presented at the LGA level. This information is generally not available at the small area (suburb/locality) level due to geographic limitations when being coded or processed.

Self containment is defined as the percentage of resident employed persons who work within the LGA or region. The data presented here shows a time series, allowing the user to see whether the level of self containment has increased or decreased over time. The change over time is presented as a change in percentage rather than absolute number, so that self-containment can be assessed independently from changes in the overall workforce in that industry.

Please note that Journey to Work coding has generally improved over time, so that the coding of location of employment in earlier Census years may not have the same quality as the more recent years. People who did not state their work location, or provided information which couldn’t be accurately coded, are excluded from the “employed in the city” column, and therefore the self-containment percentage. In this way, self containment levels could be affected by improved levels of geographic coding, and should be treated with caution.

Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Journey to work data 2006.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2006.

Please refer to the data notes for more information.

Total resident employed and the percentage of residents working in The Hills Shire Council 2006 Inadequately described, 19.1% self contained Other Services, 35.9% self contained Arts and Recreation Services, 38.1% self contained Health Care and Social Assistance, 23.0% self contained Education and Training, 32.2% self contained Public Administration and Safety, 11.1% self contained Administrative and Support Services, 29.7% self contained Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, 33.2% self contained Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services, 36.5% self contained Financial and Insurance Services, 18.6% self contained Information Media and Telecommunications, 15.2% self contained Transport, Postal and Warehousing, 15.8% self contained Accommodation and Food Services, 40.2% self contained Retail Trade, 44.9% self contained Wholesale Trade, 24.9% self contained Construction, 31.8% self contained Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services, 7.9% self contained Manufacturing, 18.1% self contained Mining, 26.4% self contained Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, 61.0% self contained Inadequately described, Employed in Shire: 377 Other Services, Employed in Shire: 1,211 Arts and Recreation Services, Employed in Shire: 384 Health Care and Social Assistance, Employed in Shire: 1,949 Education and Training, Employed in Shire: 2,334 Public Administration and Safety, Employed in Shire: 440 Administrative and Support Services, Employed in Shire: 687 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Employed in Shire: 2,659 Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services, Employed in Shire: 658 Financial and Insurance Services, Employed in Shire: 964 Information Media and Telecommunications, Employed in Shire: 316 Transport, Postal and Warehousing, Employed in Shire: 457 Accommodation and Food Services, Employed in Shire: 1,549 Retail Trade, Employed in Shire: 4,373 Wholesale Trade, Employed in Shire: 1,539 Construction, Employed in Shire: 2,155 Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services, Employed in Shire: 56 Manufacturing, Employed in Shire: 1,423 Mining, Employed in Shire: 33 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Employed in Shire: 324 Inadequately described, Total employed: 1,971 Other Services, Total employed: 3,373 Arts and Recreation Services, Total employed: 1,008 Health Care and Social Assistance, Total employed: 8,488 Education and Training, Total employed: 7,249 Public Administration and Safety, Total employed: 3,949 Administrative and Support Services, Total employed: 2,315 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Total employed: 8,014 Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services, Total employed: 1,801 Financial and Insurance Services, Total employed: 5,183 Information Media and Telecommunications, Total employed: 2,075 Transport, Postal and Warehousing, Total employed: 2,896 Accommodation and Food Services, Total employed: 3,849 Retail Trade, Total employed: 9,731 Wholesale Trade, Total employed: 6,184 Construction, Total employed: 6,772 Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services, Total employed: 708 Manufacturing, Total employed: 7,880 Mining, Total employed: 125 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Total employed: 531
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