10.4% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Booval · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Booval
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Booval than in most similar areas. While about 58% of the workforce is in full-time jobs, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 10.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This struggle is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is well above the national figure at 10.4%.
48.3% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance at 15.0%, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and manufacturing at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Work roles are spread across several fields, with professionals making up 15.0% of the workforce, followed closely by labourers at 14.2% and clerical staff at 14.1%.
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 Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30332/booval/topic/employment