17.6% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Doomadgee · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Doomadgee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 29.2% of adults in Doomadgee are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This low engagement is coupled with a high unemployment rate of 17.6%, though that figure has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%, falling 16 points since 2011. Full-time employment is also well below the Queensland average, and the unemployment rate remains far above the state's 5.4%.
29.2% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is concentrated in a few key sectors, with education and training (24.4%) and public administration and safety (23.5%) being the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About a quarter of workers are professionals (25.2%) or in community and personal services (24.4%), while labourers make up 12.8% of the local 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 Doomadgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32770/doomadgee/topic/employment