7.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blacksoil · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blacksoil
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 15 percentage point gap separates Blacksoil from the national average in full-time employment. While a far higher proportion of the workforce holds full-time roles compared to the rest of Australia, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, those who are employed are more likely to be full-time, and the unemployment rate of 7.9% is a little above the national average of 5.1%.
42.7% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.3%
- 2021: 73.5%
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 26.5%, followed by media and telecommunications at 17.6%. Other services, construction, and public administration also make up significant portions of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 35.3%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 14.7%, while community and personal service workers account for 11.8% of occupations.
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 Blacksoil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30278/blacksoil/topic/employment