56.3% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Boonarga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boonarga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the biggest employer in Boonarga, with 33.3% of the local workforce in this sector. The area has a smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work than most similar places, sitting at 56.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below both the Queensland and national figures. Of those employed, 57.1% are in full-time roles, a little below the state average.
57.1% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Alongside construction, agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 23.8% of the workforce, while 19.0% work in transport and warehousing. No one in the area works in mining or manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large share of the local workforce at 42.9%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 14.3%. There are no professionals or technicians and tradespeople living here.
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 Boonarga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30323/boonarga/topic/employment