11.9% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blackbutt
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 11.9% marks Blackbutt as an area struggling for work compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a local job market that is significantly smaller and more unstable than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Very few adults in Blackbutt are working or looking for work, at just 31.1%. This is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%, while the unemployment rate is well above the national average at 11.9%.
31.1% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.2%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here at 14.9%, followed by education and training at 11.3% and construction at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.9%, with technicians and tradespeople following closely at 16.9%.
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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30272/blackbutt/topic/employment