3.7% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Biddaddaba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Biddaddaba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common for the people employed in Biddaddaba, with 66.7% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While many people hold steady jobs, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is a little below the national average at 3.7%.
54.4% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work across the area is spread across several sectors. The most common are health care and social assistance at 12.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing, education, and arts and recreation, which each make up 10.3% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most typical occupation at 20.5%. Managers and technicians and trades workers each make up 17.9% 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 Biddaddaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30245/biddaddaba/topic/employment