5.0% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Burnett · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in North Burnett
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people work full-time in North Burnett than in most similar areas. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than the national figure, with 52.8% of adults in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 62.4% of the workforce are in full-time roles, this is 3.5 percentage points above the Australian figure. This comes despite a recent trend where the number of working adults has fallen since 2011, and an unemployment rate of 5.0% that is about the same as the national figure.
52.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 33.4% of the workforce. Other key sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.1%, and education and training at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.0%, closely followed by labourers at 23.2%. Technicians and trades workers account for 9.4% of the population.
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 North Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35760/north-burnett/topic/employment