Balwyn · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Balwyn

Name: Jobs & Industry in Balwyn — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

More than a third of workers in Balwyn are professionals, marking it as a highly skilled workforce. While many residents hold high-level roles, the area has a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most other areas. This professional focus is reflected in the local employment landscape, where healthcare and technical roles are common.

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📍 Balwyn, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Working or looking for work is less common here, with 57.7% of adults active in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, about the same as the state and national rates.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.6%. Retail trade (10.9%) and education and training (9.6%) also make up significant shares of the local workforce.

Industries people work in

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Balwyn splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (17%) and Professional & technical (14%), with Retail trade at 11%.

Health care & social assistance 16.6% Professional & technical 13.6% Retail trade 10.9% Education & training 9.6% Finance & insurance 6.4% Accommodation & food 6.3% Construction 4.8% Public administration & safety 3.9% Manufacturing 3.9% Wholesale trade 3.5%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The job market is dominated by professionals (38.4%) and managers (19.3%). Other common roles include clerical and administrative positions at 11.8%, and sales workers at 9.4%.

Occupations people work in

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In Balwyn, the largest group is Professionals at 39%, followed by Managers (20%) and Clerical & administrative (12%).

Professionals 38.4% Managers 19.3% Clerical & administrative 11.8% Sales workers 9.4% Community & personal service 7.3% Technicians & trades 5.7% Labourers 4.2% Machinery operators & drivers 1.8%

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 Balwyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20123/balwyn/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Balwyn	5.0%
3103, VIC	4.9%
Victoria	5.0%
Australia	5.1%

Where Balwyn sits — Unemployment rate