6.5% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beverley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beverley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much larger share of adults are working or looking for work in Beverley compared to similar areas. While 69.1% of adults are active in the labour force, this is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.5%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the state figure at 60.2%. This helps explain why the overall number of adults working or looking for work is so high, sitting well above the Australian average.
69.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.2% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer for local workers at 16.3%. Other common industries include construction at 9.9% and retail trade at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.2%. Technicians and trades follow at 14.1%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.8% of jobs.
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 Beverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40102/beverley/topic/employment