0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kalpowar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kalpowar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up the largest share of the local workforce in Kalpowar, where 40% of working people hold these roles. The area has a very small proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is much lower than in most areas, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, well below the Queensland figure of 5.4%.
41.5% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
35.0% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 30.0%, followed by construction at 20.0% and health care and social assistance at 15.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from managers, the most common roles are machinery operators and drivers at 20.0%, while community and personal service workers make up 15.0% of the 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 Kalpowar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31476/kalpowar/topic/employment