7.6% ▲ +39.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burnside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 7.6% unemployment rate is much higher than most similar areas, marking a key challenge for Burnside. While a large portion of the workforce is in full-time roles, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is slightly lower than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment for 60.2% of the workforce is a little above the national figure of 58.9%. However, the unemployment rate of 7.6% is a little above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
59.5% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.2% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 13.8%, followed by retail trade at 10.4% and transport and warehousing at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.3%, with clerical and administrative jobs making up 14.1% of the 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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20419/burnside/topic/employment