6.3% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gunalda · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gunalda
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 Gunalda than in most similar areas. Only 34.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.3%, which is much higher than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 53.3%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. Only 34.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate far below the national average.
34.4% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction both accounting for 12.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.2%, followed by managers at 18.3% and machinery operators and drivers at 15.0%.
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 Gunalda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31269/gunalda/topic/employment