3.3% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Colosseum · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Colosseum
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Higher full-time employment than most similar areas defines the workforce in Colosseum. While 63.1% of the working population has a full-time job, a smaller share of adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure of 58.9%, yet the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below Queensland's 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
57.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.1% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 17.9%, followed closely by construction at 16.7%. Other notable sectors include accommodation and food (10.7%), manufacturing (9.5%), and public administration and safety (9.5%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 23.8%. Managers and machinery operators and drivers are equally common at 16.7% each, while technicians and trades account for 15.5% of the 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 Colosseum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30653/colosseum/topic/employment