6.3% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
Only 51.4% of adults in Bounded Locality are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a local job market where a smaller proportion of the adult population is active in the workforce compared to most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.3%, which is a little above the Australian figure and higher than most similar areas. This comes as the share of adults working or looking for work fell by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
51.4% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 54% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 58.0%
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 13.4%, followed by construction at 9.7% and education and training at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 15.9%, while professionals and labourers each account for 14.1% of the local 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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS32/bounded-locality/topic/employment