16.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bodallin · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up the biggest slice of the workforce in Bodallin, where 38.1% of workers hold these roles. The area is sparsely populated, and while more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar places, a high proportion of those jobs are not full-time.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 65.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas at 16.0%, far above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
16.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
65.8% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.9% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Nearly a third of the workforce in Bodallin is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, at 28.6%. Mining and education and training also each account for 14.3% of the industry mix.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from managers, technicians and trades people are the next most common group at 23.8%. Labourers make up another 14.3% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Bodallin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50136/bodallin/topic/employment