3.3% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tarragindi · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Tarragindi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Tarragindi than in most similar areas. This is a highly active workforce where 73.3% of adults are engaged in the labour market. The area is also defined by a very low unemployment rate of just 3.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 73.3% of adults work or look for work—far above the national figure of 61.1%—the proportion of full-time employees fell 3.3 points since 2011 to 59.5%. This is about the same as the Queensland average.
73.3% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 68.9%
- 2016: 69.2%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.3%, followed by professional and technical roles at 13.7% and education and training at 12.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-skill roles, with professionals making up 39.7% of jobs and managers accounting for another 16.4%.
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 Tarragindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303041071/tarragindi/topic/employment