37.2% ▼ -39.8%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 37.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarrabah · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Yarrabah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Yarrabah from the national average in the proportion of adults working or looking for work. While the unemployment rate has fallen 25 points since 2011, it remains among the highest in the country at 37.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 36.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment has also fallen since 2011 and is now well below the national average at 54.3%.
36.1% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 54.3%
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 here at 34.4%, followed by public administration and safety at 28.1% and education and training at 15.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 32.2%, with professionals following at 19.1%. Other common roles include labourers at 12.8% and clerical staff 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 Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37600/yarrabah/topic/employment