6.3% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Byrneside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Byrneside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working full-time in Byrneside than in most similar areas, though the local unemployment rate is now much higher than typical. This creates a split landscape where 62% of the workforce holds a full-time role, despite a lower overall proportion of adults being employed or seeking work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 62% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well above the national figure, the unemployment rate is 6.3% and sits much higher than most areas. Only 58% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
58.0% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.0% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 31.6% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 8.9%, followed by manufacturing and utilities at 7.6% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large portion of the local workforce at 35.4%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 12.7%, and clerical and administrative staff at 11.4%.
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 Byrneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20436/byrneside/topic/employment