5.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Benandarah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Benandarah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Benandarah are working or looking for work, making it a place where many residents may be retired or out of the workforce. This low activity is mirrored by a full-time employment rate of 53%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below both the state and national levels. At the same time, the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
47.6% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with construction and retail trade both accounting for 12.1% of jobs. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care are also significant, each employing 10.6% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common role at 16.7%, followed by labourers at 15.2%. Other typical jobs include community and personal service workers and clerical staff, who each make up 12.1% 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 Benandarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10287/benandarah/topic/employment