3.3% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goondiwindi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goondiwindi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 64.8% is well above the national figure, marking Goondiwindi as a place where most people have secure, full-time work. This high level of employment is a key feature of the local economy, with more adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Queensland figure. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, a little below both the state and national figures.
64.4% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.8% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 15.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.2%. Retail trade also employs a significant 11.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split across several roles, with professionals at 14.7%, technicians and trades at 14.6%, and managers at 14.5% each. Clerical staff and labourers also make up over 12% of the population.
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 Goondiwindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31202/goondiwindi/topic/employment