6.2% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Berkeley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Berkeley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Berkeley than in most similar areas. Only 48.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is paired with a higher unemployment rate of 6.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is low here at 53.4%, falling well below the New South Wales figure of 58%. This contributes to an unemployment rate that is a little above the national average of 5.1%.
48.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.7%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and construction at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.1%, with labourers and community service workers also common at 15% and 13.7% respectively.
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 Berkeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10303/berkeley/topic/employment