4.0% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gooburrum · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gooburrum
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Gooburrum than in most similar areas. Only 57.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Queensland and national figures. However, those who are employed typically find steady work, with an unemployment rate of 4.0% that is a little below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 57.9% of adults are working or looking for work, the typical full-time employment rate of 57.1% is just a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
57.9% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer for 22.1% of workers, followed by retail trade at 10.1% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.2%, while technicians and trades make up 15.4% 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 Gooburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31183/gooburrum/topic/employment