7.3% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goondi Bend · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goondi Bend
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Goondi Bend compared to the rest of the country. This gap is seen in the local unemployment rate, which at 7.3% is a little above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also low at 52.6%, falling well below both the state and national averages.
55.4% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 12.2% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 23.9%, while sales workers account for 14.8% 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 Goondi Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31200/goondi-bend/topic/employment