4.3% ▲ +112.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bollon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bollon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 16 percentage point gap separates Bollon from the rest of the country in full-time work, where 75% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This high rate of stable employment defines the local economy, with more adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.3%, slightly lower than the Queensland average of 5.4%.
63.4% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.5%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.0% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.9%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 75.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 53.3% of the workforce. Other common roles are found in retail trade and public administration and safety, each at 6.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 42.4%. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 15.2%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 9.8%.
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 Bollon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30304/bollon/topic/employment