0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burroway · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burroway
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Burroway than in most similar areas. Full-time employment is very high at 72.1%, and the area currently reports no unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This strong participation is matched by a 0.0% unemployment rate, far below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
70.2% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.9%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.1% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 75.0%
- 2021: 72.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Nearly half of the workforce, 46.5%, works in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include construction at 8.1% and transport and warehousing at 7.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 39.5%. Sales workers and labourers each account for 10.5% of the workforce, followed by professionals and machinery operators at 9.3% each.
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 Burroway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10712/burroway/topic/employment