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Blantyre · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Blantyre

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Far more full-time workers are found in Blantyre than in most similar areas. While 68% of the workforce is employed full-time, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in other areas at 51.1%. This combination highlights a small but very stable local workforce.

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📍 Blantyre, Suburb / Locality

Where Blantyre sits — Unemployment rate

0.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blantyre — lower than 99% of areas.

Blantyre0.0%
4310, QLD 3.6%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Queensland average of 61.6%.

Unemployment rate

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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51.1% —

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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68.0% —

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 28%, followed by retail trade at 16% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12%.

Industries people work in

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In Blantyre, the largest group is Health care & social assistance at 50%, followed by Retail trade (29%) and Agriculture, forestry & fishing (21%).

Health care & social assistance 28.0% Retail trade 16.0% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 12.0%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The local workforce is split evenly between technicians and trades and community and personal service workers, who each make up 28% of jobs. Machinery operators and drivers follow at 20%.

Occupations people work in

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Blantyre splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (23%) and Community & personal service (23%), with Machinery operators & drivers at 16%.

Technicians & trades 28.0% Community & personal service 28.0% Machinery operators & drivers 20.0% Managers 16.0% Professionals 16.0% Sales workers 16.0%

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 Blantyre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30284/blantyre/topic/employment