5.4% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Belmont
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 53% of adults in Belmont are working or looking for work, which is well below both the state and national figures. This gap suggests a community with a high number of people who are either retired or not in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 5.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.
52.1% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.4%, followed by construction at 13.2% and retail trade at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.9%, with technicians and tradespeople following at 15.9%.
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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10276/belmont/topic/employment