8.0% ▲ +297.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Putta Bucca · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Putta Bucca
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is far more common in Putta Bucca than in the rest of the state. While more adults here are working or looking for work compared to the national figure, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 67.4% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. However, the unemployment rate is 8.0%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the state average.
63.7% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.4% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 67.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 18.5%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.0% and health care and social assistance at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers, technicians and trades people are the most common roles at 17.4% each. Professionals make up 16.3% of the workforce, while machinery operators and drivers account for 13.0%.
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 Putta Bucca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13291/putta-bucca/topic/employment