3.5% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bensville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bensville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Bensville, where 17.1% of the workforce is found in this field. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in most areas, a smaller share hold full-time roles compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is well below the national average, with only 52.4% of the community employed full-time.
66.6% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 69.8%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors. Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 17.1%, followed by construction at 11.5% and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.2%. Other common jobs include technicians and trades at 14.3%, managers at 14.2%, and clerical and administrative staff at 13.9%.
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 Bensville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10297/bensville/topic/employment