3.2% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Comet · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Comet
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 76.4% of the workforce in Comet are employed full-time, which is far above the national figure. This is a hardworking area where nearly three quarters of adults are either working or looking for work, a rate much higher than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is far above the Queensland average at 73.6%. Unemployment is relatively low at 3.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
73.6% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 81.4%
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 73.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
76.4% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.8%
- 2016: 73.5%
- 2021: 76.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 42.1% of workers. Mining is also a major employer, accounting for 17.6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.1%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 14.8% and labourers at 11.1%.
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 Comet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30656/comet/topic/employment