5.4% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bexley North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bexley North
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 Bexley North, where 13.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While full-time work rates are typical for the region, the area has a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. This lower activity rate sits alongside an unemployment rate of 5.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.
54.9% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several key sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 13.3%. Other major employers include professional and technical services at 9.3%, and finance and insurance at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 30.1% of workers. Clerical and administrative positions follow at 16.5%, while managers make up 14.7% of the local workforce.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10334/bexley-north/topic/employment