4.8% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Toowoomba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Toowoomba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A little more than 61% of adults in East Toowoomba are employed full-time, which is higher than the national figure. This reflects a workforce where full-time roles are more common than in many other areas, despite an unemployment rate of 4.8% that is higher than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. While full-time employment is slightly above the state average at 61.5%, the unemployment rate is 4.8%.
61.7% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 21.9% of the workforce. Education and training follows at 13.3%, while retail trade accounts for 7.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 33%, which helps explain the strong presence of health and education workers. Managers make up 13.6% of the local 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30933/east-toowoomba/topic/employment