Burwood · Council (LGA)

Jobs & Industry in Burwood

Name: Jobs & Industry in Burwood — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Professionals make up 30.2% of the workforce in Burwood, the largest occupational group in the area. While many residents hold high-level roles, the area has a much lower share of full-time workers than most other places. This is consistent with a higher unemployment rate of 7.1%, which is a little above the national figure.

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📍 Burwood, Council (LGA)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time work is less common here, with only 51.9% of the workforce in full-time roles, a figure that fell 9.5 points since 2011. Overall, 57% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian average of 61.1%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.1%. Retail trade, food, and accommodation also employ large numbers of people.

Industries people work in

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Burwood splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (16%) and Professional & technical (12%), with Retail trade at 10%.

Health care & social assistance 14.6% Professional & technical 11.1% Retail trade 9.3% Accommodation & food 9.1% Education & training 8.0% Finance & insurance 7.4% Construction 6.3% Administrative & support 4.5% Manufacturing 4.3% Transport & warehousing 4.2%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Beyond professionals, the most common jobs are clerical and administrative roles at 13.1% and managers at 12.4%. Community and personal service workers make up 10.1%, while labourers account for 9.7% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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In Burwood, the largest group is Professionals at 31%, followed by Clerical & administrative (13%) and Managers (13%).

Professionals 30.2% Clerical & administrative 13.1% Managers 12.4% Community & personal service 10.1% Labourers 9.7% Technicians & trades 9.4% Sales workers 8.7% Machinery operators & drivers 3.9%

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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11300/burwood/topic/employment

Burwood	7.1%
Greater Sydney	5.1%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Burwood sits — Unemployment rate