6.3% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 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.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Bounded Locality than in most other areas, with only 50.1% in the labour force. While the unemployment rate of 6.3% is a little above the national figure, a larger share of those who are employed work full-time compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work fell 6.2 points since 2011 to 50.1%, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Meanwhile, full-time employment is slightly more common here than nationally, though it has dipped since 2011.
50.1% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 72% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 69% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 10.6%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 10.1% and education and training at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.6%, with labourers at 14.0% and managers at 12.9% also representing significant shares 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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS52/bounded-locality/topic/employment