3.5% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goondiwindi · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Goondiwindi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher rates of full-time employment than most similar areas define the workforce in Goondiwindi. This is a stable job market where 65.4% of adults work full-time, and the unemployment rate remains low at 3.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 61.4% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure. While this rate fell 3.1 percentage points since 2011, the unemployment rate has barely changed and sits a little below the Queensland average.
61.4% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.4% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 27.3% of the local workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 9.9%, while retail trade accounts for 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation group at 20.8%, followed by labourers at 15.6%. Professionals and technicians or trades workers each make up 12% 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 Goondiwindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33610/goondiwindi/topic/employment