5.0% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 58% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
Full-time employment has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011 in Bounded Locality. Only 53% of adults are now working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This shift describes a local workforce that is less engaged in steady employment than most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of people working or looking for work is lower than most areas at 53%. While the unemployment rate of 5% is about the same as the national figure, full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 52.9%.
53.0% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 64% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.9% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 81% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 52.9%
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 13%. Other common sectors include construction at 9.4% and education and training at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.8%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.7% and labourers at 13.8%.
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/SOS62/bounded-locality/topic/employment