2.3% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boort · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boort
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Boort compared to most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is a low 2.3%, only 42.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 51.6%, well below the Victorian average of 59.2%. This lower level of workforce activity is consistent across the area, with the percentage of adults working or looking for work sitting far below the Australian figure.
42.7% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Boort, making up 26.6% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follows at 18.8%, while education and training accounts for 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers is a manager, representing 25.4% of the local workforce. Professionals make up 15.2% of occupations, followed by labourers at 12.2% and technicians and trades at 10.7%.
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 Boort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20300/boort/topic/employment