6.6% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bellbird · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bellbird
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher unemployment rate of 6.6% marks the current job market in Bellbird. This is much higher than most similar areas, and the local rate sits a little above both the state and national figures. While about 58.6% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here than in most areas, with only 53.2% of residents employed full-time. This is well below the 58.9% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
58.6% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.7%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and mining at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 19.0%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.4% and labourers at 13.3%.
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 Bellbird [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10268/bellbird/topic/employment