1.7% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bickley · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Bickley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Bickley (L) work in education and training, the area's most common industry. This is a highly active workforce where a large proportion of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is very low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 1.7%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. More adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, and the share of full-time employees rose 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
63.4% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the top industry at 19.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.2%. Other significant sectors include professional and technical services, retail trade, and accommodation and food services.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.6%. Technicians and trades workers represent 18.3% of the workforce, with managers accounting for 13.8%.
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 Bickley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522006/bickley/topic/employment