0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Derrymore · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Derrymore
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high percentage of adults are working or looking for work in Derrymore, where 68.8% of the adult population is active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, though a smaller proportion of these roles are full-time compared to most areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 68.8% of adults are in the workforce—well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%—full-time employment is well below the national average at 52.3%. Notably, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
68.8% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 25.0%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 22.7%. Mining, construction, and retail trade each account for 6.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of workers are managers, making it the most common occupation. Professionals and technicians and trades workers both make up 25.0% of the workforce, while 13.6% are labourers.
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 Derrymore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30832/derrymore/topic/employment