0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bajool · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bajool
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the norm for those employed in Bajool, where 65.6% of the workforce holds a full-time position. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state average, the local unemployment rate is remarkably low at 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 55.6% of the population, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, those who do have jobs are more likely to be in full-time roles than in most other areas.
55.6% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.6% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several key sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 14.0%. Other significant employers include transport and warehousing at 11.3% and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs in the area are machinery operators and drivers, who make up 18.3% of workers. Managers and technicians and trades are also prominent, each accounting for 15.6% 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 Bajool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30117/bajool/topic/employment