11.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Innisfail · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Innisfail
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Innisfail compared to the rest of the country. Only 50.7% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate of 11.6% is among the highest for similar areas, sitting well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate of 11.6% is well above both the Queensland (5.4%) and national (5.1%) figures. This trend is reflected in the low number of full-time workers, at 53.2%, which is well below the Australian average.
50.7% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 25.5% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 11.4%, and accommodation and food services at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 35.7%. Managers and technicians and trades workers each account for 10.7% 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 Innisfail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31398/innisfail/topic/employment