Belmont · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Belmont

Name: Jobs & Industry in Belmont — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Belmont than in most similar areas. Around 69% of the adult population is in the labour force, and the area has a strong full-time employment rate of 61.6%. This provides a stable economic foundation for the community.

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Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The share of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure by 8 percentage points. This is supported by a full-time employment rate of 61.6%, which is a little above the 58.9% seen across Australia. The unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.5%. Other major employers include education and training at 11.6%, and professional and technical services at 9.6%.

Industries people work in

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Belmont splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (16%) and Education & training (12%), with Professional & technical at 10%.

Health care & social assistance 15.5% Education & training 11.6% Professional & technical 9.6% Retail trade 8.9% Construction 8.4% Manufacturing 6.3% Public administration & safety 5.4% Transport & warehousing 5.0% Accommodation & food 4.8% Other services 3.9%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.5%. Managers and clerical or administrative roles are also common, accounting for 16% and 15.4% of the local workforce respectively.

Occupations people work in

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In Belmont, the largest group is Professionals at 28%, followed by Managers (16%) and Clerical & administrative (16%).

Professionals 27.5% Managers 16.0% Clerical & administrative 15.4% Technicians & trades 11.2% Sales workers 8.5% Community & personal service 8.4% Labourers 7.1% Machinery operators & drivers 4.7%

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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30224/belmont/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Belmont	3.8%
4153, QLD	3.8%
Queensland	5.4%
Australia	5.1%

Where Belmont sits — Unemployment rate