3.9% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bickley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bickley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 25.5% of the workforce in Bickley, the largest occupational group in the area. This is a highly active community where 64.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below both the state and national figures of 5.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.4%, roughly the same as the national average.
64.3% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with education and training (13.9%) and health care and social assistance (12.6%) as the most common industries. Construction and professional services both account for 10.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside a high number of professionals, managers make up 19.3% of the workforce. Technicians and tradespeople account for 13.1%, while community and personal service roles represent 10.5%.
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 Bickley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50118/bickley/topic/employment