9.1% ▲ +64.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bowenvale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bowenvale
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 Bowenvale compared to the rest of the state. Only 47% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This gap is matched by a high unemployment rate of 9.1%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment levels are low here, with full-time workers making up 50% of the population, well below the 59.2% seen across Victoria. This is consistent with the area's high unemployment rate, which is much higher than most similar areas.
47.0% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 50.0%
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 20.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.1% and construction at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are technicians or tradespeople, while 16.7% work as labourers. Managers and community and personal service workers each make up 12.5% of the local workforce.
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 Bowenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20309/bowenvale/topic/employment