5.5% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 66% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Central Queensland · Region (SA4)
Jobs & Industry in Central Queensland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in Central Queensland, where 12.7% of the workforce is employed in the sector. Full-time work is much more common here than in most other areas, though the number of people working or looking for work has dipped since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 63.1%, even though this is 4.9 percentage points lower than in 2011. About 61.2% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate has risen slightly to 5.5%.
61.2% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.1% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the biggest industries for local workers are education and training at 9.1%, retail trade at 8.9%, and construction at 8.7%. Mining also employs a significant 8.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 17.5%. Professionals follow at 14.9%, while labourers, machinery operators, and drivers each account for around 12% of the workforce.
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 Central Queensland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/308/central-queensland/topic/employment