5.3% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boggabri · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boggabri
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 69.9% of workers in Boggabri are employed full-time, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a local economy driven by heavy industry, though only about half of all adults are currently working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While full-time work is common, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 52.1%, which is well below the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is higher than most similar areas.
52.1% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.7%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.9% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer at 24.3%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.7%. Other key sectors include health care and social assistance at 7.2% and retail trade at 6.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward manual roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 28% of jobs and labourers accounting for 16.1%. Managers and technicians also represent significant shares at 14.8% and 11.8% 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 Boggabri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10441/boggabri/topic/employment