11.7% ▲ +223.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Badu Island · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Badu Island
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of the adults on Badu Island are working or looking for work, reflecting a challenging local job market. Only 48.3% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure that has fallen sharply by 27 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 11.7%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1% and has risen 8.1 points since 2011. Overall, 42.5% of adults are working or looking for work, far below the Queensland rate of 61.6%.
42.5% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.3% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 75.7%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 48.3%
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 23.6%, followed by education and training at 20.1% and health care and social assistance at 17.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 14.9% 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 Badu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321006/badu-island/topic/employment