0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Booroorban · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Booroorban
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Almost every adult in Booroorban is either working or looking for work, with a huge 86.7% participation rate. Full-time employment is far more common here than in the rest of the state, and the local unemployment rate has dropped to 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common, with 73.1% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This helps explain why the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%.
86.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 86.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 73.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily based on the land, with 57.7% of people working in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. Public administration and safety make up another 11.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of workers are managers, accounting for 46.2% of occupations. Labourers make up another 19.2% of the local workforce.
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 Booroorban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10500/booroorban/topic/employment