0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Abergowrie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Abergowrie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Abergowrie than in most similar areas. This is a highly active workforce where the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working life is strong here, with 66.4% of adults in the labour force. This is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%, and full-time employment is far above the national average at 71.3%.
66.4% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.3% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 71.1%
- 2021: 71.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest industry, employing 39.2% of the workforce. Education and training is the next most common sector at 21.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 30.4%. Professionals follow at 14.6%, while machinery operators and drivers account for 12.9% of jobs.
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 Abergowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30004/abergowrie/topic/employment