3.0% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beacon Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beacon Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high number of working adults define the daily life of Beacon Hill, where 67.3% of people are employed or seeking work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The local job market is stable, with a low unemployment rate of 3.0% that sits a little below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most areas, reaching 67.3%. Full-time employment is at 57.4%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
67.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 12.0%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 26.1%, while 19.3% of residents work as managers. Clerical and administrative jobs make up 13.8% 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 Beacon Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10238/beacon-hill/topic/employment