3.8% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Balmoral
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong preference for full-time work has become a hallmark of the Balmoral workforce. While fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the national figure, those who are employed are much more likely to be in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. However, full-time employment is high at 63.0%, well above the national figure of 58.9%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the national average at 3.8%.
54.4% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 37.0% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 13.4% and construction at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.5%, followed by labourers at 15.0%. Professionals account for 9.4%, while technicians, trades, and clerical staff each make up 8.7% 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20119/balmoral/topic/employment