2.1% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blackall · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blackall
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 27.3% of Blackall's workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This makes the town a significant rural hub where full-time work is much more common than in most other areas. While fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the national average, the unemployment rate is very low at just 2.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 65.5%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is 56.6%, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
56.6% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.5% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry at 27.3%. Other main employers include health care and social assistance at 12.2%, and retail trade at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are managers at 20.6% and labourers at 18.8%. Technicians and trades make up 12.0% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 11.1%.
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 Blackall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30270/blackall/topic/employment