3.4% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bendemeer · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bendemeer
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 70% of working adults in Bendemeer are in full-time employment, a figure far above the national average. While the area has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most similar places, those who are employed tend to have stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 69.4% of the workforce employed full-time, which is 11 points higher than the state average. However, only 49.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 58.7%.
49.6% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.4% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for 23.3% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 11.4%, and retail trade and education both at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.8%, followed by labourers at 16.6%. Community and personal service roles account for 13.0% of jobs, while professionals and machinery operators both sit at 10.4%.
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 Bendemeer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10289/bendemeer/topic/employment