4.6% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bloomsbury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bloomsbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 52.3% of adults are working or looking for work in Bloomsbury, a figure well below the national average. While full-time employment is common among those who do work, the overall workforce participation is much lower than in most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 52.3%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Among those employed, 59.6% are in full-time roles, while the unemployment rate of 4.6% is about the same as the state and national levels.
52.3% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 20.2%, followed by mining at 14%. Other significant employers include retail trade at 9.6% and construction at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 19.3%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 16.7%. Technicians and trades account for 14.9% of the workforce, while labourers make up 13.2%.
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 Bloomsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30289/bloomsbury/topic/employment