2.6% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gowrie Junction · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gowrie Junction
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Gowrie Junction than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is matched by a very low unemployment rate of 2.6%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 72.8% of adults are in the workforce, far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also common here at 62.6%, which is well above the Queensland average.
72.8% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 72.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 62.6%
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 15.0%, followed by construction at 11.9% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, while professionals account for 16.6% 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 Gowrie Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31215/gowrie-junction/topic/employment