3.1% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Broadwater
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the biggest employers in Broadwater, where 17.1% of workers are in these fields. The area has a much smaller workforce than most similar places, with only about half of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 50.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 50.4%, though the unemployment rate of 3.1% is a little lower than the Australian figure.
50.8% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Outside of farming and forestry, education and training is the next most common industry at 14.6%. Manufacturing accounts for 10.6% of jobs, while construction and food services each make up 7.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation group at 17.1%. Community and personal service workers follow at 13.8%, while managers, professionals, and technicians and trades each make up 13.0% 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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30383/broadwater/topic/employment