5.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beresfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beresfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Beresfield, where 15.8% of employees work in this field. While many residents hold full-time roles, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Additionally, the 55.7% of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
55.7% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the biggest industries for local workers are manufacturing at 13.0%, construction at 11.1%, and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are labourers at 20.2% and technicians or tradespeople at 17.8%, followed by community and personal service workers at 14.7%.
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 Beresfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10301/beresfield/topic/employment