3.7% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barrack Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barrack Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well below the national figure, only 57% of adults in Barrack Point are working or looking for work. This means a smaller proportion of the local adult population is active in the workforce compared to most other areas. While unemployment is a little lower than the state average at 3.7%, full-time employment is also notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 57%, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also quite low at 54%, sitting 4.9 percentage points below the national average.
57.0% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is split evenly between construction and health care and social assistance, each making up 15.1% of jobs. Education and training follow at 11%, while accommodation and food services account for 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.4%, followed by managers at 16%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 14.2% of the local workforce.
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 Barrack Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10209/barrack-point/topic/employment