0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Black Jack · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Black Jack
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work has become the dominant experience in Black Jack, with a huge 70.5% of the workforce in permanent roles. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%. The area is defined by a strong employment rate and a total absence of unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, at 64.8%. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the Queensland figure of 5.4% and the national rate of 5.1%.
64.8% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry at 14.1%, followed by mining at 12.8%. Other notable sectors include transport and warehousing and health care, both at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles and machinery operators are the most frequent jobs, each accounting for 20.5% of workers. Labourers make up another 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 Black Jack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30266/black-jack/topic/employment