4.4% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bells Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bells Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five people in Bells Creek work in health care and social assistance, the area's most common industry. This is a highly active workforce where 78.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above both the state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high proportion of the workforce is in full-time roles at 61.3%, which is a little above the national figure. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian rates.
78.1% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 78.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 61.3%
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 construction at 9.7%, retail trade at 8.8%, and accommodation and food services also at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 21.7%, followed by clerical and administrative workers at 15.2% and managers at 13.8%.
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 Bells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30222/bells-creek/topic/employment