4.8% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dalby · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dalby
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the biggest employer in Dalby, with 12.6% of workers in the sector. The town has a strong employment profile, where 62.7% of the workforce is in full-time roles, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure roughly in line with Queensland. While full-time employment is high, the unemployment rate of 4.8% is higher than most similar areas.
62.5% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond retail, healthcare and social assistance employ 11.6% of the community. Other common industries include education and training at 8.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most common jobs at 17.5%. Professionals make up 13.6% of the workforce, while labourers account for 13.4%.
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 Dalby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30792/dalby/topic/employment