5.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Malanda · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Malanda
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Malanda than in most similar areas, with only 49.4% active in the labour force. This is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%, reflecting a local workforce that is significantly smaller than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure, with only 51% of residents working full-time. While the unemployment rate of 5.7% is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains about the same as the state and national figures.
49.4% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.0% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Malanda at 15.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and education and training at 10.8%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also play a key role, employing 9.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%. Labourers are the next most common occupation at 14.2%, followed by technicians and trades people at 13.5%.
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 Malanda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31737/malanda/topic/employment