3.9% ▼ -42.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Amamoor · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Amamoor
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in full-time work in Amamoor than in most other areas, with only 48.6% of the population in such roles. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.9%, overall working rates remain notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This gap is most clear in full-time employment, which is far below the Australian average.
57.8% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 14.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3% and construction at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 17.0%, closely followed by labourers at 16.7% and community and personal service workers at 13.6%.
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 Amamoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30049/amamoor/topic/employment