3.5% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pittsworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pittsworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing lead the local economy in Pittsworth, where 15.7% of workers are employed in these fields. While the town has a steady full-time employment rate, a notably low proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.5%, slightly lower than both the state and national rates.
55.0% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.5% and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 18.0%, with labourers following closely at 16.4%.
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 Pittsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32336/pittsworth/topic/employment