Bowraville · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Bowraville

Name: Jobs & Industry in Bowraville — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Few residents in Bowraville have steady work, with a high unemployment rate of 9.6% marking it as one of the most struggling areas for jobs. Only 43.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a community where finding a job is a significant daily challenge.

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📍 Bowraville, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Employment levels are very low here, as only 44.7% of people work full-time—far below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This gap is mirrored by the unemployment rate, which is well above both the state and national averages by around 4.5 percentage points.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.9%, followed by education and training at 12.5%. Other common industries include retail trade, accommodation and food services, and construction.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Bowraville — Health care & social assistance leads at 21%, ahead of Education & training (13%) and Retail trade (11%).

Health care & social assistance 19.9% Education & training 12.5% Retail trade 10.9% Accommodation & food 10.6% Construction 9.0% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 7.1% Manufacturing 4.9% Transport & warehousing 4.6% Professional & technical 4.1% Administrative & support 4.1%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The most common roles are in community and personal service (20.4%) and labouring (15.5%). Technicians and trades workers make up 13.1% of the workforce, while professionals and sales workers each account for around 11%.

Occupations people work in

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Bowraville splits fairly evenly between Community & personal service (21%) and Labourers (16%), with Technicians & trades at 13%.

Community & personal service 20.4% Labourers 15.5% Technicians & trades 13.1% Professionals 11.7% Sales workers 11.2% Managers 9.5% Clerical & administrative 8.7% Machinery operators & drivers 8.2%

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 Bowraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10535/bowraville/topic/employment

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