0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elbow Valley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Elbow Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce has seen Elbow Valley become a place where full-time employment is now much more common than in most other areas. Nearly 66% of workers are in full-time roles, and the area currently records no unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While about 60% of adults are working or looking for work—slightly below the Queensland figure—the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
60.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 70.3%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.6% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Almost half of the local workforce (46.9%) is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 40.6%, while labourers account for 14.1% and technicians and trades workers for 12.5%.
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 Elbow Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30956/elbow-valley/topic/employment