4.2% ▲ +63.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nebo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nebo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 14 percentage point gap separates Nebo from the national average in full-time employment, where 73.2% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This makes it one of the highest areas for full-time work, despite a much lower overall proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is a little below the state average but higher than most similar areas.
50.1% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.2% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.4%
- 2016: 78.2%
- 2021: 73.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant employer in Nebo, accounting for 25.9% of jobs. Other key industries include transport and warehousing at 10.5%, and public administration and safety at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward manual roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 28.6% of jobs. This is followed by technicians and trades at 17.8% and labourers at 16.0%.
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 Nebo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32113/nebo/topic/employment