10.5% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goomeri · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goomeri
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Goomeri than in most similar areas. Only 41.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is coupled with an unemployment rate of 10.5%, which is among the highest for areas of this size.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 53.8%. The unemployment rate is 10.5%, which is well above both the Queensland figure (5.4%) and the national figure (5.1%).
41.9% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.2%, followed by retail trade at 14.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.6%, while labourers account for 16.7% of the local workforce. Managers and professionals follow at 15.2% and 13.8% respectively.
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 Goomeri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31197/goomeri/topic/employment