5.9% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beech Forest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beech Forest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Beech Forest compared to the rest of the country. Only 47.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the state average, with only 42.0% of residents working full-time. This is 17 percentage points lower than the Victorian figure of 59.2%.
47.7% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.0% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with education and training (18.0%) as the most common industry, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing (16.0%) and accommodation and food (16.0%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 22.0%, followed by technicians and trades at 20.0%. Managers and community and personal service workers each make up 16.0% 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 Beech Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20185/beech-forest/topic/employment