6.1% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bengworden · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bengworden
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Half of all working residents in Bengworden are managers, making it a highly supervisory workforce. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, the local unemployment rate is also much higher than typical.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is 6.1%, a little above both the state and national figures.
67.1% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 79.6%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 31.8%, followed by construction at 13.6% and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Manager roles are the most common occupation at 50%, with clerical and administrative staff making up 18.2% 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 Bengworden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20210/bengworden/topic/employment