2.0% ▼ -79.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eungella · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Eungella than in most similar areas. Only 48.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. While employment is lower, those who do work find it easily, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 54.5%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This is consistent with the broader trend of only 48.9% of adults working or looking for work, a result far below the Australian average.
2.0% ▼ -79.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
48.9% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Eungella is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 14.5%. Retail trade follows at 12.4%, while accommodation and food services account for 11.0% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.1%. Professionals follow at 16.6%, with technicians and tradespeople representing 15.2% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Eungella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11463/eungella/topic/employment