11.5% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Caboolture South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Caboolture South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Caboolture South compared to the rest of the state. Only 50.8% of adults are in the workforce, while the unemployment rate of 11.5% is among the highest for similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 55.2%. This contributes to a workforce rate that is far below both Queensland and Australia, with an unemployment rate 6.1 points higher than the state average.
50.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.7%, followed by retail trade at 11.8% and construction at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.4%, while 15.3% work in community and personal service and 13.1% are technicians or tradespeople.
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 Caboolture South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30472/caboolture-south/topic/employment