7.6% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Berri · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Berri
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 Berri, where 16.7% of employees work in this sector. While full-time work is common, the area struggles with a high unemployment rate of 7.6%. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 53.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This lower activity rate is matched by a high unemployment rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
53.0% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with manufacturing (12.1%) and retail trade (11.3%) following health care as the largest industries. Education and training also employ 8.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.0%. Professionals follow at 17.2%, while community and personal service workers account for 15.7% of the local 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 Berri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40098/berri/topic/employment