1.4% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Longreach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Longreach, where 14.8% of the workforce is employed. The town has a very strong employment market with an unemployment rate of just 1.4%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More people are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, with 66.1% of adults in the labour force. Full-time employment is far above the national figure at 70.3%.
66.1% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.9%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.3% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 70.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the biggest employers are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.9%, followed by public administration and safety at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The job market is led by managers and professionals, who each make up 16.5% of the workforce, while technicians and trades account for 13.9%.
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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/employment