4.5% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Landers Shoot · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Landers Shoot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Landers Shoot, where 19.3% of the workforce is in this sector. A high number of adults are working or looking for work, though a smaller share hold full-time roles compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 55.4%, and the unemployment rate of 4.5% is higher than most similar areas.
70.8% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for workers include construction at 10.8% and retail trade at 10.2%. Manufacturing and agriculture, forestry and fishing both account for 7.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five residents is a manager, making up 20.5% of the workforce. Professionals and technicians or trades follow closely, each accounting for 17.5% of jobs.
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 Landers Shoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31630/landers-shoot/topic/employment