3.0% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cambooya · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cambooya
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate defines Cambooya, where 65.8% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures. Full-time work is particularly common here, with 62.7% of the population employed in such roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The 65.8% rate of adults working or looking for work is higher than most similar areas. This coincides with a low unemployment rate of 3.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
65.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.6%. Other significant sectors include construction at 9.7%, retail trade at 9.6%, and education and training at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.8%. Community and personal service workers and labourers each account for 13.4% 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 Cambooya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30496/cambooya/topic/employment