12.2% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maryborough
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 12.2% marks the local job market in Maryborough, which is well above the national figure. Far fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most other similar areas, with full-time employment also sitting well below the state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Queensland average of 61.6%. This gap is mirrored in full-time work, where only 52.5% of the workforce are employed full-time, which is much lower than most areas.
42.6% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.5%, followed by retail trade at 12.4% and education and training at 9.0%. Other key sectors include accommodation and food at 7.7% and manufacturing at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are most common at 18.5%. Labourers make up 14.6% of workers, while technicians, trades, and professionals each account for around 12% 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31778/maryborough/topic/employment