4.4% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Belmont - Bennetts Green · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Belmont - Bennetts Green
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Belmont - Bennetts Green than in most similar areas. Only 57.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This is well below the national rate of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 56.7%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure and has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate of 4.4% is about the same as the state and national averages.
57.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.5%, followed by construction at 13.3% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five residents works as a professional, while 17.1% are technicians or tradespeople and 13.5% hold clerical and administrative roles.
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 Belmont - Bennetts Green [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111011206/belmont-bennetts-green/topic/employment