2.7% ▲ +31.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meandarra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meandarra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce has seen more people in full-time roles in Meandarra than in previous years. While 76.5% of workers are employed full-time—a figure far above the national average—the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, those who are employed are likely to have steady work, with an unemployment rate of 2.7% being a little below the national figure.
50.7% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
76.5% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 75.8%
- 2021: 76.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 40.2% of the workforce. Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 12.7% and education and training at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 39.2%. Community and personal service workers and machinery operators and drivers each account for 11.8% of those employed.
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 Meandarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31797/meandarra/topic/employment