8.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Isis River · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Isis River
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Isis River from the Queensland average. Only 37.5% of adults are in the labour force, and the typical resident is far less likely to be employed full-time than those in the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working full-time is much less common here, at 47.1%, which is far below the national figure of 58.9%. This comes alongside an unemployment rate of 8.3%, which is well above the Australian average of 5.1%.
37.5% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 14.7%, followed by construction at 11.8%. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing and retail trade each account for 8.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most frequent occupation at 20.6%. Technicians and trades and machinery operators and drivers both make up 14.7% 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 Isis River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31415/isis-river/topic/employment