15.6% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Point Boston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Point Boston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are employed full-time in Point Boston than in most similar areas, with 78.6% of the workforce in full-time roles. While 66.7% of adults are working or looking for work, the area also faces a very high unemployment rate of 15.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is far above both the state (5.4%) and national (5.1%) levels.
66.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
78.6% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.9%. Accommodation and food and health care and social assistance each make up 14.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional and clerical roles are the most common, each accounting for 28.6% of jobs. Managers make up a further 25% 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 Point Boston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41169/point-boston/topic/employment