6.2% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burnett Heads · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Burnett Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Burnett Heads compared to the state and national figures. Only 44.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is 17 percentage points below the Queensland average. This suggests a community with a high number of retirees or people not seeking employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work fell by 4.9 percentage points since 2011 to 44.3%. While full-time employment is around the middle for similar areas at 57.5%, the unemployment rate has risen slightly to 6.2%, which is a little above the national figure.
44.3% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Burnett Heads at 20.2%. Other common industries include construction at 9.6%, retail trade at 8.7%, and accommodation and food services at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal services at 16.1% and for labourers at 16.0%. Professionals make up 14.8% of the workforce, followed closely by technicians and trades at 14.6%.
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 Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315010/burnett-heads/topic/employment