5.9% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gympie · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Gympie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Gympie than in the rest of the state. Only 48.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This trend has continued as the proportion of working residents has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53%, and this has dropped by 4.4 points over the last decade. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
48.7% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 51.7%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.6%, followed by retail trade at 10.8% and construction at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 15.3%, with labourers also common at 14.8%.
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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33620/gympie/topic/employment