10.6% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bedford Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bedford Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A sharp rise in unemployment to 10.6% marks a significant shift in the workforce for Bedford Park. This is now one of the highest rates for an area of this type, with far fewer people working full-time than in the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is consistent with a very low full-time employment rate of 38%, falling 21 points behind the Australian average.
54.3% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
38.0% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.8%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for locals at 25.8%, followed by accommodation and food services at 12.1% and retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 23.2% of the workforce, closely followed by professionals at 23.1% and labourers at 12.1%.
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 Bedford Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40087/bedford-park/topic/employment