6.2% ▼ -51.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burnett Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burnett Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Burnett Heads compared to the rest of the country. Only 44.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is 17 percentage points below both the Queensland and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.5%, slightly below the Queensland rate of 59%.
44.3% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.2%, followed by construction at 9.6% and retail trade at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 16.1% of the workforce, while labourers account for 16.0% and professionals for 14.8%.
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 Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30449/burnett-heads/topic/employment