6.6% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bellbird Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bellbird Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Bellbird Park compared to the rest of the country. While 68.1% of adults are active in the labour market, the area also faces a higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures. This creates a local job market where a large number of people are active, but more are struggling to find work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 62.4%. However, the unemployment rate is also a little above the state and national averages, sitting at 6.6%.
68.1% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 62.4%
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 15.8%, followed by manufacturing at 9.9% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.4%, while community and personal service workers account for 14.9% of the local 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 Bellbird Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30214/bellbird-park/topic/employment