4.4% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lower Beechmont · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lower Beechmont
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 Lower Beechmont, where 14.8% of people are employed in this field. The area sees more adults working or looking for work than most similar places, though a smaller share of the population is employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 65.7% of adults active in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 50.7%, and the unemployment rate is 4.4%.
65.7% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.7% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the main industries for local workers are construction at 12.1%, retail trade at 8.6%, and education and training at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.3%, followed by technicians and trades people at 17.0% and managers at 13.6%.
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 Lower Beechmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31689/lower-beechmont/topic/employment