4.4% ▲ +70.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mirriwinni · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mirriwinni
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Mirriwinni than in most similar areas. Only 56.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This lower participation is reflected in a smaller share of full-time employment compared to the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure, at 56.3%. Full-time employment is also a little below the Australian average at 55.9%, while the unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is about the same as the state and nation.
56.3% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 17.7%. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.9%, followed by manufacturing and education at 8.6% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.2%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.8%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 15.0% of jobs, while labourers and machinery operators make up 12.3% and 11.8% respectively.
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 Mirriwinni [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31861/mirriwinni/topic/employment