8.9% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
4861, QLD · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 4861, QLD
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in postcode 4861. While full-time employment is slightly higher than the national figure, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 8.9%, well above the national average, though this is a slight improvement from 10.4% in 2011.
50.2% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.0% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the top industry at 15.9%, followed by education and training at 11.8% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.3%. Construction and manufacturing also employ a notable share of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 15.6%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.9%, and labourers at 13.7%.
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 4861, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4861/4861-qld/topic/employment