4.7% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buttaba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Buttaba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is higher in Buttaba than in most similar areas. While about 58.3% of adults are working or looking for work, those who do have jobs are more likely to be in full-time roles than the state or national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 60.6%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 58%. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average of 5.1%.
58.3% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.9%. Education and training (13%) and construction (12.8%) also employ a significant share of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.3%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 18.1% of the workforce, followed by community and personal service workers at 12.5%.
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 Buttaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10721/buttaba/topic/employment