4.9% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leyburn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Leyburn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Leyburn than in most other areas, with only 37.4% of adults in the labour force. This low participation is the defining feature of the local workforce, which is much smaller than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.4% of those working are in full-time roles, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59%. The unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
37.4% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer here, accounting for 21.9% of jobs. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 11.8% and manufacturing at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 26.4%. Managers are also common at 15.7%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 15.2%.
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 Leyburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31655/leyburn/topic/employment