1.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bushmead · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bushmead
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of just 1.5% makes Bushmead an area where almost everyone who wants a job has one. This stands well below the national figure of 5.1%. It is a highly active workforce where the vast majority of residents are employed in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 81.6% of adults in the labour force, which is far above the 61.1% seen across Australia. Full-time employment is also very high at 74.3%, far exceeding the state average of 60.2%.
81.6% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
74.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers at 13.0%, followed closely by education and training at 12.2%. Mining also employs a significant 9.6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.3%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 18.9% and clerical and administrative staff at 17.2%.
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 Bushmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50227/bushmead/topic/employment