2.3% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balhannah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Balhannah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small unemployment rate of 2.3% marks Balhannah as a place where very few people are out of work. While this is well below the state and national figures, the share of full-time workers is also much lower than in the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 53.7%.
62.4% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (14.4%), followed by education and training at 11.6% and retail trade at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27%, while managers account for 17.4% and technicians and tradespeople make up 13.8% of the 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 Balhannah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40066/balhannah/topic/employment