9.6% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kooralbyn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kooralbyn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 9.6% marks the current job market in Kooralbyn, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Only 38.9% of adults are working or looking for work, leaving the area among the lowest for workforce activity in the region.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53%. This reflects a broader trend in Kooralbyn, where the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Queensland average.
38.9% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for local workers at 11.5%, followed by construction at 10.4%. Education, training, health care, and social assistance each employ 9.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of employees at 15.9%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 13.7% and labourers at 13.1%.
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 Kooralbyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31569/kooralbyn/topic/employment