6.8% ▲ +105.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Calliope · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Calliope
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Calliope than in most similar areas, though the unemployment rate has also climbed. The local workforce is now more likely to be employed full-time than the national average, with 65.6% of people in full-time roles. This reflects a community with a strong presence of steady, full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate of 6.8% is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the Queensland figure of 5.4%.
65.2% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.6% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry here at 12.8%, followed closely by construction at 12.1%. Other notable employers include retail trade at 9.2% and health care and social assistance at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Tradespeople are the biggest group of workers, with technicians and trades making up 23% of occupations. Machinery operators and drivers follow at 15.7%, while labourers account for 12.6% 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 Calliope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30491/calliope/topic/employment