4.1% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bayswater
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Bayswater than across the rest of Australia. This activity is reflected in the local workforce, where 61.9% of people hold full-time jobs, a figure slightly above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 69.0%, which is well above both the Western Australian (63.9%) and national (61.1%) figures. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is about the same as the state and national rates of 5.1%.
69.0% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.9% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by health care and social assistance, where 13.8% of workers are employed. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 10.8% and education and training at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.4%, followed by managers at 14.3%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work (12.9%) and technicians and trades (11.8%).
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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50083/bayswater/topic/employment