3.5% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blackwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blackwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Blackwood, where 19.2% of workers are in this field. The area has a strong professional workforce and an unemployment rate of 3.5%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, slightly above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the Australian average, with 55.2% of the workforce in full-time roles.
62.2% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the main industries are education and training at 15%, and professional and technical services at 11.5%. Retail trade and public administration both employ around 8.6% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 37.8%. Managers follow at 13.4%, while technicians, trades, and clerical roles each account for about 10.7% and 10.6% respectively.
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 Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40119/blackwood/topic/employment