7.5% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burrum Heads - South · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Burrum Heads - South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 41.9% of adults are working or looking for work in Burrum Heads - South (L), a figure far below the national average. This low level of workforce activity is coupled with a full-time employment rate that has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the state figure at 46.1%. While the number of adults working or looking for work rose to 41.9% since 2011, the unemployment rate remains a little above the national level at 7.5%.
41.9% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.1% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 46.1%
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 20.1%, followed by construction at 14.3% and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local jobs are spread across several fields, with community and personal service workers and clerical staff both making up 14.9% of the workforce, while professionals account for 13.6%.
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 Burrum Heads - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322023/burrum-heads-south/topic/employment