4.3% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Banora Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Banora Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 50.7% of adults are working or looking for work in Banora Point, a figure far below the national average. This low rate of employment is the defining feature of the local workforce, with a smaller proportion of people in full-time roles compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just over half 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 at 50.5%, while the unemployment rate of 4.3% is about the same as the rest of the country.
50.7% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.5% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.6%, followed by retail trade at 13.4%. Construction, accommodation, and food services also make up a large part of the local economy, each employing around 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and technicians or trades workers are the most common roles, making up 16.0% and 15.6% of workers respectively. Community and personal service roles are also frequent, accounting for 14.7% of occupations.
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 Banora Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10186/banora-point/topic/employment