2.9% ▼ -69.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boort · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Boort
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 Boort than in most similar areas. Only 40.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped significantly since 2011. However, those who are looking for work find it easily, as the unemployment rate is very low at 2.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 49.8%, which is a 10 point drop since 2011. This reflects a broader trend in the area where the proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen by 18 points over the last decade.
40.5% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.8% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 21.0%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.2%. Other notable industries include retail trade at 11.2% and education and training at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, with professionals at 15.7% and labourers at 14.6%. Community and personal service workers account for 11.2% of the local workforce, while technicians and tradespeople make up 10.5%.
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 Boort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221008/boort/topic/employment