6.7% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ipswich · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Ipswich
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 Ipswich, where 15.4% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The city has a strong workforce, with a higher share of people working or looking for work than most similar areas. However, the unemployment rate is also much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. While 61.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, this is 5.1 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
63.7% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 9.7%, manufacturing at 9.2%, and public administration and safety at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 16.4%, followed by technicians and trades at 14.3% and community and personal service workers at 14.0%.
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 Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33960/ipswich/topic/employment