5.8% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boreen Point · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Boreen Point
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 Boreen Point than in most similar areas. Only 38.1% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped since 2011. This gap is most seen in full-time employment, which is far below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national figure at 35.7%, falling 9 points since 2011. While the unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is about the same as the state and national figures, it has fallen from 9.7% over the last decade.
38.1% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
35.7% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 78.3%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.7%, followed by construction and accommodation and food services, which both sit at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.7%, while managers and technicians and trades are equally common at 14.8% each.
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 Boreen Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322019/boreen-point/topic/employment