2.0% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quilpie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Quilpie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 71.1% of adults are working or looking for work in Quilpie, which is far above the national figure. This high level of activity is matched by a very low unemployment rate of just 2.0%. Most people here have stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the state and national figures, with 71.0% of the workforce in permanent roles. This helps explain why the 2.0% unemployment rate is well below both Queensland and Australia.
71.1% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 74.7%
- 2021: 71.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies heavily on government and land-based work, with 21.8% of people in public administration and safety and 17.1% in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.5%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 15.4% and labourers at 14.3%.
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 Quilpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32377/quilpie/topic/employment