1.0% ▼ -62.1%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quilpie · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Quilpie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Quilpie, where 26.5% of workers are in these fields. This town has a very strong employment market, with a tiny unemployment rate of just 1.0%. Most people here hold steady, full-time roles compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is far more common here than in Queensland, with 75.3% of the workforce in full-time roles. This helps explain why the unemployment rate is just 1.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
70.3% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 72.0%
- 2016: 72.7%
- 2021: 70.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.3% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 73.9%
- 2016: 75.2%
- 2021: 75.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond farming and forestry, the largest employers are public administration and safety at 17.0%. Other key sectors include health care and social assistance, and education and training.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27.8%. Labourers are the second most common occupation at 16.7%, followed by technicians and trades workers at 12.6%.
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 Quilpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36150/quilpie/topic/employment