3.3% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blakehurst · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blakehurst
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common type of work in Blakehurst, where 31.3% of the workforce ever since the latest census. While the area has a diverse mix of industries, fewer people are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 53.9%, though the unemployment rate of 3.3% is a little below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
57.2% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the largest at 13.5%. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 11.8% and construction at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a third of workers are professionals, followed by managers at 18.8% and clerical or administrative staff at 16.5%. Technicians, trades, and sales workers each make up between 8.7% and 8.9% 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 Blakehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10402/blakehurst/topic/employment