42.9% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Balfours Peak · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Balfours Peak
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 18 percentage points separates Balfours Peak from the national average for people in the workforce. This sparsely populated area has a very low number of adults working or looking for work, with only 42.9% of the adult population active in the labour market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.9% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7% and much lower than most similar areas.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Agriculture, forestry & fishing at 50%, ahead of Education & training (44%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 39%, ahead of Professionals (17%).
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 Balfours Peak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10153/balfours-peak/topic/employment