2.2% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Belhus · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Belhus
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 2.2% marks the current job market in Belhus, which is a little below the national figure. While many residents hold high-level roles, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is lower than in the rest of Western Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure. Full-time employment sits at 57.9%, slightly lower than the state average.
58.9% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction (15.0%) and education and training (14.3%) being the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management and professional roles are very common here, making up 24.1% and 21.1% of jobs respectively, while clerical and administrative work accounts for 15.0%.
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 Belhus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50103/belhus/topic/employment