Bridgetown · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Bridgetown

Name: Jobs & Industry in Bridgetown — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Just over half of adults in Bridgetown are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This low activity level is mirrored by a small proportion of full-time workers compared to other areas. The local economy is diverse, with mining and healthcare as the primary employers.

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📍 Bridgetown, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 50.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 49.8%, while the unemployment rate of 4.5% is about the same as the rest of Australia.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Mining is the biggest employer in Bridgetown at 15.5%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 14.7%. Other common industries include education and training, retail trade, and accommodation and food services.

Industries people work in

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Bridgetown splits fairly evenly between Mining (16%) and Health care & social assistance (15%), with Education & training at 10%.

Mining 15.5% Health care & social assistance 14.7% Education & training 10.0% Retail trade 9.5% Accommodation & food 7.3% Public administration & safety 6.1% Construction 5.8% Manufacturing 4.3% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 3.9% Professional & technical 3.3%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The most common jobs are for technicians and trades people at 17.2% and professionals at 16.3%. Other significant groups include community and personal service workers, labourers, and managers.

Occupations people work in

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Bridgetown splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (17%) and Professionals (16%), with Community & personal service at 13%.

Technicians & trades 17.2% Professionals 16.3% Community & personal service 13.2% Labourers 12.3% Managers 11.7% Machinery operators & drivers 11.0% Clerical & administrative 9.0% Sales workers 8.2%

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 Bridgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50180/bridgetown/topic/employment

Bridgetown	4.5%
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Australia	5.1%

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