8.3% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer people are in the workforce in Burwood compared to similar areas. The typical resident is less likely to be employed full-time, with a jobless rate of 8.3% which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is lower than most areas. This is consistent with a much lower rate of full-time employment (49.9%) compared to the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
56.0% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.9% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 49.9%
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 14.0%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.5% and accommodation and food at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 30.2%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work (11.9%), and community, personal service, labourers and managers, who each make up about 11% of the 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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10716/burwood/topic/employment