1.7% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high rate of full-time employment shapes the working life of Barton, where nearly 80% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This creates a professional environment where the unemployment rate is a very low 1.7%, well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Almost 70% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much higher than most areas. Full-time employment is far above the national figure, sitting at 79.5%.
69.9% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.1%
- 2016: 73.8%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
79.5% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 80.7%
- 2016: 79.3%
- 2021: 79.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the dominant industry here, employing 53.2% of the workforce. Professional and technical services follow at 14.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 46.5% of workers and managers accounting for another 24.7%.
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 Barton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80022/barton/topic/employment