4.8% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barron River · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Barron River
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Barron River, where 18.4% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a strong attachment to the workforce, with more adults working or looking for work than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 65.1% of adults active in the labour force, well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment has fallen since 2011 and now sits at 57.3%, which is a little below the Queensland average.
65.1% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 65.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 18.4%. Education and training follow at 9.8%, while accommodation and food services, retail trade, and construction each employ around 9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.3%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades, as well as community and personal service workers, who both make up 14.6% 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 Barron River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30004/barron-river/topic/employment