13.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boggabilla · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boggabilla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very small share of adults are working or looking for work in Boggabilla compared to similar areas. Only 34% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure. Despite this, those who are employed are much more likely to have full-time roles than people across the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 62.4%, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, the unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas at 13.7%, well above the national figure of 5.1%.
34.0% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 34.2% of the workforce. Other common fields include education and training at 12.8% and retail trade at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.5%, followed by labourers at 16.7% and community and personal service workers at 15%.
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 Boggabilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10440/boggabilla/topic/employment