2.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bellbridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bellbridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 53.8% of adults in Bellbridge are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the state and national averages. While the workforce is small, it is remarkably stable with a very low unemployment rate of 2.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is lower than most areas, sitting well below the Victorian average of 62.4%. However, those who are employed are mostly in full-time roles, with 57.2% of the population in such positions.
53.8% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 18.5%, followed by construction at 15.6% and education and training at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.9%, while technicians and trades workers make up 21.4% 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 Bellbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20196/bellbridge/topic/employment