4.3% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bentleigh · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bentleigh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional and technical roles lead the workforce in Bentleigh, where 13.7% of workers are employed in this field. The area has a very active workforce, with 68.3% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure at 60.5%, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
68.3% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 68.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors. Along with professional and technical work, health care and social assistance (13.4%) and education and training (9.7%) are the most common industries, followed closely by retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up a large portion of the local workforce at 33.6%. This is followed by managers at 18.6% and clerical and administrative workers at 12.8%, while community and personal service roles account for 9.2% 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 Bentleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20214/bentleigh/topic/employment