5.2% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Balmoral
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Balmoral have shifted over the last decade to see more people working or looking for work. This local workforce is now larger than in most similar areas, though the typical resident is slightly less likely to be in full-time work than those in the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 5.2%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
63.4% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 56.4%
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 15.3%, followed by construction at 12.5% and education and training at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.3%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 19.1%.
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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10167/balmoral/topic/employment