0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goonumbla · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment marks the standout feature of Goonumbla's workforce. This sparsely populated area sees a very high number of its adults working or looking for work, with 75.3% active in the labour market.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working life is strong here, with 65.5% of people employed full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far above the national figure of 61.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
75.3% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.5% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
More than half of the workforce, 52.7%, is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include retail trade at 14.5% and education and training at 10.9%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large majority of local roles at 56.4%. Labourers account for 12.7% of workers, while professionals and machinery operators both sit at 7.3%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Goonumbla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11721/goonumbla/topic/employment