5.5% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Garradunga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Garradunga
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 Garradunga than in most similar areas. About 70.5% of adults are in the workforce, though the unemployment rate of 5.5% is higher than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 70.5% of adults in the workforce, well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.8%, which is a little below the Queensland average of 59.0%.
70.5% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.4%
- 2016: 72.6%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split primarily between agriculture, forestry and fishing at 22.2%, and health care and social assistance at 20.0%. Other notable sectors include education and training at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common role at 22.2%, followed by professionals and machinery operators and drivers who each make up 15.6% 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 Garradunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31102/garradunga/topic/employment