3.2% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Purga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Purga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people work full-time in Purga than in most similar areas, with 60.7% of the workforce in full-time roles. This reflects a stable local economy where the typical resident is more likely to have a full-time job than people across Queensland or Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. This is supported by a low unemployment rate of 3.2%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
62.0% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.7% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.5%. Education and training and transport and warehousing also employ significant shares of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers is a technician or tradesperson, the most common role in the area. Managers and clerical and administrative staff follow, making up 15.6% and 15.3% of the workforce 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 Purga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32374/purga/topic/employment