4.5% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Booie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Booie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Booie compared to the rest of the country. While only 51.8% of adults are in the workforce, those who are employed tend to work full-time at a slightly higher rate than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. For those employed, 60.8% are in full-time roles, and the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
51.8% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.8% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.2%, followed by manufacturing at 11.3% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.4%, while managers account for 15.0% and professionals for 13.7% of the local workforce.
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 Booie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30317/booie/topic/employment