1.8% ▼ -69.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goovigen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goovigen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is among the highest for similar areas in Goovigen, where 77.3% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This strong employment rate is reflected in a very low unemployment rate of just 1.8%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.4% of adults are working or looking for work—a little below the Queensland figure of 61.6%—those who are employed are far more likely to be in full-time positions than the state average.
59.4% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
77.3% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.7%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 77.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is driven by Agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 39.0% of the workforce, followed by Mining at 11.6%. Other common sectors include Health care and social assistance at 6.4% and Wholesale trade at 5.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 39.5%, while 14.5% work as technicians and tradespeople. Machinery operators and drivers account for 11.6% of jobs, with Labourers at 8.7% and Professionals at 7.6%.
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 Goovigen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31207/goovigen/topic/employment