2.5% ▲ +63.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balingup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Balingup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Balingup are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This marks the town's most striking economic gap, although the local unemployment rate is low at just 2.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, sitting at 53.5%.
48.1% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.5% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with accommodation and food and education and training both at 13.0%. Mining (11.7%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (10.4%) also employ a significant share of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.9%, followed by professionals at 17.8% and technicians and trades at 16.5%.
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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50056/balingup/topic/employment