6.2% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nambour · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nambour
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer people are in the workforce in Nambour compared to most similar areas. Only 56.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This trend is matched by a high unemployment rate of 6.2%, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here, with only 51.2% of the population employed full-time. This is well below the 59% seen across Queensland.
56.9% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer for 20.1% of workers, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and construction at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades (16.3%) and community and personal service workers (15.9%), with professionals and labourers both around 15%.
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 Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32099/nambour/topic/employment