14.1% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 80% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
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.
A high unemployment rate of 14.1% marks the current job market in Bounded Locality. While many of the workers here have steady full-time roles, a much smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is well above the national figure of 5.1% and has risen slightly since 2011. Only 40.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian average and a drop of 9.5 points over the last decade.
40.8% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 80% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.2% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 76% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry at 19.1%, followed by education and training at 15.9% and health care and social assistance at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.9%, closely followed by community and personal service workers at 21.1%.
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/SOS72/bounded-locality/topic/employment