4.8% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bobin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bobin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the biggest employer in Bobin, where 26.7% of workers are in this field. It is a place where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. Only about half the adult population is in the workforce, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 51.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the Australian average of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the state and national figures, while the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the rest of the country.
51.2% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.7% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from education, nearly a quarter of the workforce (23.3%) works in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include manufacturing at 11.7% and health care and social assistance at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 30.0%, followed by managers at 25.0%. Community and personal service workers make up 21.7% of the workforce, while labourers and technicians or trades account for 15.0% and 10.0% respectively.
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 Bobin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10426/bobin/topic/employment