5.3% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bexley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bexley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Bexley than in most other areas. Only 54.3% of adults are active in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This means a higher proportion of the local population is not currently employed or seeking a job.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 56%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 58%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
54.3% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 13%, followed by retail trade at 9.6% and construction at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in four residents are professionals, making up 25.8% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 15.9%, with managers accounting for 12.6%.
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 Bexley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10333/bexley/topic/employment