0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barrine · Suburb / Locality
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 Barrine compared to the rest of the country. Only 54.7% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This shift is most obvious in full-time work, which is much lower here than in most other areas.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the Queensland average, with only 48.5% of people working full-time. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
54.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.5% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main industry for locals at 18.2%, followed by construction and public administration and safety, which both sit at 10.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are professionals, while 19.7% are managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.9% and clerical and administrative work at 12.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Barrine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30173/barrine/topic/employment