4.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barnsley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barnsley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of employment defines daily life in Barnsley, where 67.3% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time work is particularly common here, with 61.2% of the population in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults in Barnsley are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
67.3% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.2%. Construction and retail trade also employ a large share of the workforce at 13.1% and 11.0% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of employees at 20.8%. Labourers are also common at 14.6%, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 13.7%.
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 Barnsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10205/barnsley/topic/employment