5.3% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
4340, QLD · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 4340, QLD
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in postcode 4340 since 2011, with this figure dropping by 4.3 percentage points. While full-time employment is now about the same as the national figure, the proportion of people in full-time roles has fallen by 7.0 percentage points over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national average.
53.8% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.2%, followed by education and training at 8.7% and public administration and safety at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.6%, with community and personal service workers following at 14.1% and labourers at 13.4%.
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 4340, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4340/4340-qld/topic/employment