6.2% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maryborough
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Maryborough compared to the rest of the state. Only 42.6% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate of 6.2% is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Victorian figure at 51.8%. This contributes to a local unemployment rate that is a little above both the state and national figures.
42.6% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 51.8%
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 19.0%, followed by manufacturing at 13.9% and retail trade at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.2%, with community and personal service workers and technicians and trades also common at nearly 16% each.
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21618/maryborough/topic/employment