3.0% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boorowa · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boorowa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly a quarter of workers in Boorowa are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This strong farming presence helps shape a local workforce where many residents hold management roles and unemployment is quite low at 3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. For those in the workforce, full-time employment is at 58.6%, about the same as the state and national averages.
47.5% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer at 23.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.8% and education and training at 10.0%. Construction and public administration also employ significant shares of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job type at 23.5%, while technicians and trades workers make up 16.0%. Professionals, labourers, and community service workers also represent a large portion 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 Boorowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10501/boorowa/topic/employment