0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boolambayte · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Boolambayte, where nearly 30% of employees work in this field. The area is sparsely populated and has a very low percentage of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, there is currently no unemployment in the area, a rate well below the Australian average of 5.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
37.0% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▲ +70.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, a quarter of the workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, with construction and manufacturing also making up significant shares of the local economy.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common role at 22.2%, followed by technicians and trades workers at 18.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Boolambayte [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10479/boolambayte/topic/employment