6.2% —
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Longman · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Longman
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Longman, where 15.3% of workers are in this sector. The area faces some employment challenges, with a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas. This is seen alongside an unemployment rate of 6.2%, which is much higher than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the Queensland and Australian numbers. Full-time employment has also dropped, falling 3.9 percentage points since 2016 to reach 57.0%.
56.4% —
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% —
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction is a major employer at 12.0%, followed by retail trade at 10.7%. Other notable sectors include education and training at 7.3% and manufacturing at 6.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 15.9%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.8% and labourers at 13.4%.
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 Longman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED320/longman/topic/employment