9.6% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Booval · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Booval
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A jobless rate of 9.6% marks North Booval as having much higher unemployment than the national figure. While full-time work is common for those employed, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is well above the Queensland and Australian figures. Only 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national rate of 61.1%.
56.1% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 13.4%, followed by retail trade at 10.7% and manufacturing at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.8%, while technicians and trades people account for 13.6% of the 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 North Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32168/north-booval/topic/employment