4.8% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bowen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bowen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is common in Bowen, where 63.5% of the workforce holds such roles. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While many residents have steady full-time jobs, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the national rate of 5.1%.
56.1% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.5% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Bowen, making up 17.0% of jobs. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 10.4% and transport and warehousing at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are for labourers at 21.5%, followed by technicians and trades at 14.0% and machinery operators and drivers at 13.1%.
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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30342/bowen/topic/employment