4.5% ▲ +158.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boya · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boya
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Boya compared to the rest of the country. While 70.5% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 4.5% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 70.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and Australia. However, full-time employment at 56.6% is well below the state average.
70.5% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.8%, while managers and technicians and trades each account for about 15% 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 Boya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50168/boya/topic/employment