2.8% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beaconsfield Upper · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beaconsfield Upper
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults than most areas are working or looking for work in Beaconsfield Upper, at 69.1%. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.8%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The workforce is very active, though full-time employment at 56.4% is a little below the national figure of 58.9%. This is consistent with the area's low unemployment rate, which sits at 2.8%.
69.1% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.0%
- 2016: 68.5%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers, employing 19.6% of the workforce. Education and training (9.7%) and health care and social assistance (9.5%) also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split fairly evenly between managers (19.2%), professionals (18.7%), and technicians and trades (18.3%). Clerical and administrative roles make up another 13.6% of jobs.
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 Beaconsfield Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20176/beaconsfield-upper/topic/employment