4.7% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ball Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ball Bay
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 Ball Bay than in most similar areas. Only 50.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is paired with a full-time employment rate of 53.7%, well below the Queensland average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the Queensland figure of 5.4%. Full-time work is less common here than in most other places.
50.9% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer in Ball Bay at 18.3%, followed by construction and health care and social assistance, which both account for 11.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 17.7%, with technicians and trades following at 16.5%.
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 Ball Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30127/ball-bay/topic/employment