5.3% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bellbird Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bellbird Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Bellbird Heights compared to the national average. Only 57.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment stays steady, the area faces a slightly higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.1% of residents work full-time, a figure that is roughly the same as both the state and national levels. However, the unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is higher than in most other similar areas.
57.5% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 13.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.8% and education and training at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs in the area are technicians and trades at 17.6% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.8%. Community and personal service workers make up 13.7% of the 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 Bellbird Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10269/bellbird-heights/topic/employment