1.4% ▼ -63.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bowen Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bowen Mountain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Bowen Mountain than in most other areas. The local jobless rate is very low at just 1.4%, which is well below both the state and national figures. This creates a community where a high proportion of the adult population is active in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 70.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the New South Wales average. Full-time employment sits at 57.4%, which is about the same as the state's 58% and slightly below the national figure.
70.4% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.3%
- 2016: 71.2%
- 2021: 70.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14%, followed by education and training at 12.8% and health care and social assistance at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.5%, while technicians and trades people follow closely at 18.9%.
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 Bowen Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10526/bowen-mountain/topic/employment