3.9% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buccan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Buccan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Buccan than in most similar areas. This employment strength is led by a high number of full-time roles, with 61.1% of the population employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The rate of adults working or looking for work is 66.9%, which is well above both the Queensland (61.6%) and Australian (61.1%) figures. Unemployment is low at 3.9%, slightly below the national figure of 5.1%.
66.9% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area at 18.6%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 11.4%, and retail trade at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 19.3%. Professionals and clerical or administrative workers each account for 15% 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 Buccan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30404/buccan/topic/employment