11.4% ▲ —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beacon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beacon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 25 percentage point gap separates Beacon from the national average in full-time employment. This sparsely populated area sees a very high proportion of its adults working or looking for work, though unemployment is also well above the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 83.6% of the workforce in full-time roles. While 71.4% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 11.4%, which is well above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
71.4% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.6%
- 2016: 84.5%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
83.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.7%
- 2016: 75.6%
- 2021: 83.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 59.7% of workers. Other common sectors include education and training at 10.4% and construction at 7.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce are managers at 55.2%. Labourers make up 22.4% of occupations, while machinery operators and drivers account for 11.9%.
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 Beacon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50085/beacon/topic/employment