11.5% ▲ +219.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Preston Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Preston Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small proportion of residents in Preston Beach are working or looking for work, with only 30.7% of adults in the labour force. This low workforce rate is paired with a high unemployment rate of 11.5%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While about 57.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is far below the state figure of 63.9%.
30.7% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 16.9%, followed by education, training, health care and social assistance each at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of occupations at 28.2%, while machinery operators, drivers and labourers each account for 15.5%.
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 Preston Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51262/preston-beach/topic/employment