4.3% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beveridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beveridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Beveridge than in the rest of the country. The area has a very strong employment profile, with 72.6% of adults in the labour force, which is 12 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 64.6%. While the unemployment rate of 4.3% is higher than in most similar areas, it remains about the same as the state and national rates.
72.6% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 72.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.6% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by construction at 15.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.9%. Other common industries include manufacturing and transport and warehousing, both at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.7%. Professionals follow at 14.7%, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 14.4% 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 Beveridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20233/beveridge/topic/employment