1.6% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lower Belford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lower Belford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of just 1.6% makes Lower Belford a place where very few people are out of work. This is a workforce defined by high activity, with far more adults working or looking for work than in the rest of the state or country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 75.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well above the state average at 66.3%.
75.7% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 75.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.3% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry at 15.4%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.8% and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.7%, while technicians and trades people follow at 18.3%.
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 Lower Belford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12410/lower-belford/topic/employment