7.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bellmere · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bellmere
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Bellmere, where 16.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 7.9% that is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 57.6%. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%, and full-time employment is also well below the typical Australian rate.
57.6% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the local workforce is largely employed in construction (11.8%), retail trade (10.7%), and education and training (6.8%). Manufacturing also accounts for 6.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are for labourers (15.4%) and technicians and trades (14.6%). Community and personal service workers make up 14.5% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 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 Bellmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30220/bellmere/topic/employment