6.0% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Murgon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Murgon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Murgon, with 19% of the workforce in this field. While many residents hold stable full-time roles, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 6.0%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
43.1% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The top industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 19%, followed by education and training at 15.5%. Retail trade and manufacturing also employ a fair few people at 9.4% and 8.1% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 20.6%. Labourers are the next most common occupation at 16.3%, followed by professionals at 13.6%.
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 Murgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32082/murgon/topic/employment