3.4% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Berry · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Berry
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 Berry, where 14.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While unemployment is a little below the national figure, a much smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 53.3%.
46.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the main industries for locals are construction at 11% and professional and technical services at 9.5%. Education and training follow closely at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.8%, with managers accounting for another 20.2% of the workforce. Technicians and tradespeople represent 13.1% of occupations.
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 Berry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10321/berry/topic/employment