3.8% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Banks · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Banks
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Public administration and safety is the biggest employer in Banks, where 28.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a highly active community where 77.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working life is very active here, with a workforce participation rate far above the national figure. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas, sitting at 67.9%.
77.2% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.0%
- 2016: 74.8%
- 2021: 77.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.3%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 67.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by public administration and safety at 28.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.9% and construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common at 19.9%, while professionals make up 18.6% of the local workforce.
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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80021/banks/topic/employment