2.0% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Capella · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Capella
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are in full-time work in Capella than in most similar areas. This is a productive community where the unemployment rate is just 2.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Full-time employment is particularly strong at 65.9%, well above the 58.9% seen across Australia.
61.0% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.9% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer here, with 21.9% of the workforce in the sector. Construction follows at 10.8%, while education and training employ 8.5% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades make up the largest group of workers at 21.7%. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 20.3% and labourers at 17.1%.
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 Capella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30530/capella/topic/employment