7.2% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boolarra · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Boolarra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of nearly 9 percentage points separates the proportion of working adults in Boolarra from the Victorian average. This is a place where only 53.5% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate has risen to 7.2%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is well below the state average at 53.2%, and this figure has fallen by 7.4 points since 2011.
53.5% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 53.2%
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 16.1%, followed by education and training at 14.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.3%, with technicians and trades making up 16.5% 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 Boolarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221007/boolarra/topic/employment