4.4% ▲ +66.3%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balaklava · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Balaklava
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011 in Balaklava. While the unemployment rate has risen to 4.4% over the last decade, about half of the adult population remains working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, sitting at 52.0%.
50.2% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry at 13.8%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4% and health care and social assistance at 12.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 18.3%, while technicians and trades workers account for 13.7% 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 Balaklava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415003/balaklava/topic/employment