3.7% ▼ -55.1%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bulimba · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Bulimba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working rates in Bulimba have climbed sharply since 2011, with the proportion of adults employed or seeking work jumping by 19 points to reach 74.4%. This shift has created a highly active workforce where full-time employment is now much more common than in most other areas. The local job market is strong, with an unemployment rate of just 3.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults in Bulimba are working or looking for work than in the national figure, at 74.4%. Full-time employment is also well above the Queensland average, which helps explain why the unemployment rate of 3.7% is much lower than most areas.
74.4% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 74.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.9% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.2%. Education and training employ 8.9% of the workforce, while construction and retail trade both sit around 7.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up a large share of the local workforce at 33.5%, followed by managers at 18.4%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative positions at 13.7%, technicians and trades at 8.9%, and community or personal service workers at 8.5%.
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 Bulimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30008/bulimba/topic/employment