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+).
Formartin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Formartin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Formartin compared to the rest of the country. This small community is dominated by the agricultural sector, with a striking 80.9% of the workforce employed in farming, forestry, and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is well below the national figure of 5.1%, sitting at 0.0%. This aligns with a very high proportion of adults working or looking for work (69.1%), which is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%.
69.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 90.9%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Formartin is heavily concentrated in agriculture, forestry and fishing, where 80.9% of people are employed. Other smaller groups work in education and training.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The majority of workers are managers, accounting for 74.5% of the local workforce. Other common roles include labourers at 8.5% and community or clerical staff at 6.4%.
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 Formartin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31071/formartin/topic/employment