7.7% ▲ +105.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bundook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bundook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few adults are working or looking for work in Bundook, with only 40.2% in the labour force. This is far below the national figure, and the area faces a struggle with a 7.7% unemployment rate, which is a little above the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the state figure at 42.4%, which is among the lowest across similar areas. This aligns with the overall low labour force participation seen in the community.
40.2% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer at 15.2%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction, which both account for 12.1% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and labourers make up the largest groups of workers, each representing 27.3% of the local workforce, while clerical and administrative roles follow at 18.2%.
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 Bundook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10673/bundook/topic/employment