4.2% ▼ -54.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bungadoo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bungadoo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Bungadoo than in the rest of the state. Only half of the adult population is in the workforce, which is a much lower figure than most other areas. Despite this, those who are seeking work face a 4.2% unemployment rate, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.7% of residents have full-time jobs, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. This contributes to the overall low number of adults working or looking for work, which sits at 50%—far below the Queensland rate of 61.6%.
50.0% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.7% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Bungadoo is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance, with both employing 15.7% of people. Retail trade and education each account for 8.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 14.9%, followed closely by managers and machinery operators at 14.2% each. Community and personal service roles make up 11.9% 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 Bungadoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30430/bungadoo/topic/employment