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Jobs & Industry in Burnside

Name: Jobs & Industry in Burnside — 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.

Nearly one in four workers in Burnside are managers, marking the area's most common occupation. This professional tilt exists alongside a very high workforce participation rate and an unemployment rate of 0% in the latest census. While many adults are active in the workforce, far fewer have full-time roles compared to the state and national figures.

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📍 Burnside, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. However, full-time employment is far below the state and national averages at 47.1%, though the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 0%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Manufacturing is the most common industry for local workers at 17.6%, followed by construction at 15.7%. Other notable sectors include education and training, retail trade, and accommodation and food services, each employing around 10% to 12% of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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Burnside splits fairly evenly between Manufacturing (18%) and Construction (16%), with Education & training at 12%.

Manufacturing 17.6% Construction 15.7% Education & training 11.8% Retail trade 10.5% Accommodation & food 10.5% Health care & social assistance 7.8% Mining 6.5% Professional & technical 3.3% Arts & recreation 3.3% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 2.6%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.8%, with professionals following at 19.6%. Technicians and tradespeople account for 17.0% of occupations, while labourers and clerical staff represent 9.2% and 8.5% respectively.

Occupations people work in

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In Burnside, the largest group is Managers at 25%, followed by Professionals (20%) and Technicians & trades (17%).

Managers 24.8% Professionals 19.6% Technicians & trades 17.0% Labourers 9.2% Clerical & administrative 8.5% Community & personal service 7.2% Sales workers 6.5% Machinery operators & drivers 5.9%

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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50222/burnside/topic/employment

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