7.3% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bidwill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bidwill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 7.5 percentage points separates Bidwill from the Queensland average in the proportion of adults working or looking for work. While 60.3% of the workforce is employed full-time, the area faces a higher unemployment rate of 7.3% compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below both the state and national figures. This low participation rate is mirrored by an unemployment rate of 7.3%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
54.1% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers here at 14%, followed closely by manufacturing at 13.6% and education and training at 12.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most frequent occupation at 15.9%, with technicians and trades workers making up another 15.4% 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 Bidwill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30247/bidwill/topic/employment