4.6% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Darling Downs - East · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Darling Downs - East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is more common in Darling Downs - East than in most other areas. While 62.6% of the workforce holds a full-time role, fewer adults overall are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure, though this has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011. This sits alongside a lower overall rate of adults working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%.
57.7% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.6% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest employer at 19.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.0% and retail trade at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.6%, followed by labourers at 15.6% and technicians and trades at 15.3%.
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 Darling Downs - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30702/darling-downs-east/topic/employment