4.1% ▲ +60.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goomburra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goomburra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one third of the workforce in Goomburra is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This creates a distinct local economy where the typical worker is more likely to be a manager than in most other areas. Full-time employment is also more common here than in the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment is a little higher than the Queensland average at 61.0%, while the unemployment rate is a little lower than Australia's at 4.1%.
60.9% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 60.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 31.7% of workers. Other common fields include health care and social assistance at 9.8%, and transport and warehousing at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 34.1%. Professionals and clerical staff each account for 13.0% of the workforce, followed by labourers at 11.4% and machinery operators and drivers at 8.9%.
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 Goomburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31196/goomburra/topic/employment