4.3% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Nanango · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Nanango
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the biggest job group in East Nanango, where 16.9% of workers fall into this category. The area has a small workforce, with only 39.6% of adults working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at just 39.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the Queensland figure, sitting at 52.8%, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%.
39.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.8% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.6%, followed by retail trade at 13.5% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large number of residents work as machinery operators and drivers (16.9%) or technicians and trades (15.7%). Professionals and community or personal service workers each make up 13.5% 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 East Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30930/east-nanango/topic/employment