8.5% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beaconsfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beaconsfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the largest work group in Beaconsfield, accounting for 21.9% of the local workforce. While many residents work in trade and labour roles, the area struggles with a high unemployment rate of 8.5%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most areas, at only 47.2%. Full-time employment is also well below the Tasmanian average, with 50.9% of residents in full-time roles.
47.2% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.5%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by retail trade and health care, which both employ 12.0% of the workforce, followed closely by manufacturing at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside labourers, a significant portion of the community works as machinery operators and drivers (15.5%) or as technicians and tradespeople (15.3%).
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 Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60034/beaconsfield/topic/employment