11.9% ▲ +101.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beverley · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Beverley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Beverley. This small town faces significant employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 11.9% which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. Full-time employment has fallen 11 points since 2011, while the unemployment rate rose to 11.9%.
37.1% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (15.2%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (12.1%). Other common sectors include public administration, safety, and education.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 15.6%. Managers and machinery operators both account for 13.2% of the 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 Beverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521003/beverley/topic/employment