6.7% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blackwood · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Blackwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer full-time roles than in most areas shape the daily working life of Blackwood. While 61.3% of adults are working or looking for work, the share of people in full-time jobs is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work rose 31 points since 2011. However, unemployment is a little above the national figure at 6.7%, and full-time employment has fallen slightly to 50.5%.
61.3% ▲ +100.2%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.5% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with construction (14.5%), public administration and safety (14.0%), and health care and social assistance (13.4%) being the most common.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.3%, followed by technicians and tradespeople at 16.7% and managers at 14.0%.
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 Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222008/blackwood/topic/employment