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Bentley Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Bentley Park

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

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for those working in Bentley Park, where 16.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a high rate of people working or looking for work, though unemployment is also higher than the national figure.

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📍 Bentley Park, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Bentley Park sits — Unemployment rate

6.4% ▼ -1.2%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Bentley Park — higher than 79% of areas.

Bentley Park6.4%
4869, QLD 6.0%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 68.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is a little above the state average at 61.5%, the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure at 6.4%.

Unemployment rate

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6.4% ▼ -1.2%

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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68.0% ▼ -1.4%

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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61.5% ▼ -5.0%

Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Beyond health care, the most common industries for residents include retail trade at 12.1% and construction at 9.9%. Education and training and public administration also employ significant numbers of the local workforce.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 17.1%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 15.0% and professionals at 14.6%.

Occupations people work in

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Bentley Park splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (17%) and Community & personal service (15%), with Professionals at 15%.

Technicians & trades 17.1% Community & personal service 15.0% Professionals 14.6% Clerical & administrative 13.2% Sales workers 11.9% Labourers 11.2% Managers 8.8% Machinery operators & drivers 6.6%

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 Bentley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021144/bentley-park/topic/employment