1.6% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balnagowan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Balnagowan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Balnagowan than in most similar areas. The local job market is very strong, with 73.3% of adults active in the workforce and a tiny unemployment rate of 1.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is high, with 65.6% of people working full-time, which is well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. This helps explain why the unemployment rate of 1.6% is well below both the state and national levels.
73.3% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.4%
- 2016: 78.0%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.6% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer at 14.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.1%. Retail trade and construction also employ around 9% of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers is a technician or tradesperson, making it the most common job type. Managers, professionals, and machinery operators also make up significant shares 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 Balnagowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30134/balnagowan/topic/employment