1.9% ▼ -64.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beaconsfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beaconsfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Beaconsfield than in most similar areas. This is a high-employment hub where 83.7% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate is very low at just 1.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 64.9%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. This strong job market is reflected in an unemployment rate of 1.9%, far below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
83.7% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.3%
- 2016: 79.4%
- 2021: 83.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.9% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.6%
- 2016: 73.3%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by professional and technical services at 16.2%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 9.3% and finance and insurance at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles make up a large portion of the community at 39.5%, followed by managers at 21.4%. Clerical and administrative workers account for another 12.4% 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 Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10239/beaconsfield/topic/employment