2.5% ▲ —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bonshaw · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bonshaw
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Bonshaw than the national figure, at 76.3%. This employment rate is among the highest for similar areas, though full-time work is less common here than in most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 76.3% of adults are working or looking for work, only 54.3% are employed full-time, which is well below the Victorian figure of 59.2%. The unemployment rate is 2.5%, a little below both the state and national rates.
76.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.9%
- 2016: 73.9%
- 2021: 76.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 54.3%
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 19.8%. Construction and retail trade each account for 11.1% of the workforce, followed by manufacturing at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%, with technicians and trades following at 17.4%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.0% and clerical staff at 11.5%.
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 Bonshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20284/bonshaw/topic/employment