1.4% ▲ —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quantong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Quantong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Quantong. This area has a very strong connection to the workforce, with 74.7% of adults working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas. This high activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 1.4%, well below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
74.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.7%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 74.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 18.1%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12% and construction at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.5%, while professionals account for 14.4% of the local 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 Quantong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22133/quantong/topic/employment