3.9% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 76% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Jobs & Industry in Bounded Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer people have full-time jobs in Bounded Locality than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is quite low at 3.9%, only 54.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment fell 4.4 points since 2011 to 53.8%, a figure that is well below the Australian average. This drop coincides with a general decline in the proportion of adults working or looking for work, which now sits at 54.3%.
54.3% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 59% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 77% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.0%, followed by construction at 11.6% and education and training at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.9%, though technicians and trades follow closely at 16.4%.
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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS22/bounded-locality/topic/employment