5.8% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burwood East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burwood East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Burwood East, where 13.9% of the workforce is employed in this field. The area has a mixed job market, though the unemployment rate of 5.8% is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, at 57.8%. Full-time employment sits at 56.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
57.8% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 10.9% and professional and technical services at 10.3%. Education and training also employ 9.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 30.6% of workers. Managers make up 13.5% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative staff account for 13%.
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 Burwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20427/burwood-east/topic/employment