5.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charters Towers · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Charters Towers
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers in Charters Towers, where 13.8% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While full-time employment is well above the national figure, far fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 64.6%, though this fell 1.6 points since 2011. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Queensland figure, and the unemployment rate has remained steady at 5.4% since 2011.
53.0% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.6% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors. Education and training leads at 13.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.4%, agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4%, and mining at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 14.8%. Technicians and trades follow closely at 14.4%, with professionals and labourers both accounting for 14.2% 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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32310/charters-towers/topic/employment