4.9% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beaufort · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beaufort
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in the workforce in Beaufort compared to most other areas. Only 47.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a community where many residents are retired or not active in the job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below Victoria's 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure, with 53.4% of the workforce in full-time roles, while the unemployment rate is 4.9%.
47.9% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.0%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 53.4%
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 13.4%, followed by public administration and safety at 11.3%. Construction and retail trade also employ around 10% of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 15.4%. Technicians and trades and community and personal service workers both make up 14.2% 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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20181/beaufort/topic/employment