0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Laura
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 38% of adults in Laura are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. While the local unemployment rate is very low at 0%, the proportion of people in full-time jobs is also well below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.7% of adults are in the workforce, which is among the lowest levels for areas like this. Full-time employment sits at 52.5%, well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
37.7% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▲ +53.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 75.0%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest groups working in administrative and support services (22.5%) and health care and social assistance (20.0%). Agriculture, forestry and fishing and the food and accommodation industries each account for 15.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 30.0%, followed by professionals and labourers, who each represent 22.5% 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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31642/laura/topic/employment