1.7% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Baralaba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Baralaba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low unemployment rate of 1.7% means almost every working-age resident in Baralaba has a job. Full-time work is common here, with 66.9% of the population employed full-time, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure similar to the state average. This is a strong local job market where unemployment is well below both the Queensland and Australian rates.
62.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.9% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.7%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Baralaba is spread across several sectors, led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 20%. Other major employers include education and training at 16% and health care and social assistance at 14.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are as machinery operators and drivers, making up 20% of the workforce. Managers and labourers each account for 16.6%, while professionals make up 12% 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 Baralaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30151/baralaba/topic/employment