2.4% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goldsborough · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goldsborough
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Goldsborough. This area has a very active workforce, with 74.1% of adults working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is strong here, with 63.7% of people in full-time roles, well above the Queensland average. This activity is reflected in a low unemployment rate of 2.4%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
74.1% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.0%
- 2016: 72.9%
- 2021: 74.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.7% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors. The largest groups work in health care and social assistance (13%), construction (11.8%), and education and training (10.5%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most common occupation at 20.8%. Professionals make up 18.2% of workers, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 13.5%.
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 Goldsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31182/goldsborough/topic/employment