4.7% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boulder · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boulder
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 70% of the workforce in Boulder is employed full-time, which is far above the national figure. This high rate of full-time work helps define the local economy, though the area's unemployment rate of 4.7% remains higher than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, this is just a little below the Western Australian average. However, those who do have jobs are much more likely to be in full-time roles than people across the rest of the country.
62.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.6% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.0%
- 2016: 69.6%
- 2021: 69.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry here, employing 26.5% of the workforce. Other common employers include retail trade at 8.6% and accommodation and food services at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward technical and manual roles, with technicians and trades making up 24% and machinery operators and drivers accounting for 21.4% of jobs.
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 Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50159/boulder/topic/employment