3.0% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Qunaba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Qunaba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 63.7% sets Qunaba well above both the Queensland and national figures. This indicates a workforce where a large majority of employed residents have stable, full-time roles. The local job market is strong, with an unemployment rate of 3.0% which is a little below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average. However, those who are employed are more likely to be in full-time roles compared to most other areas.
60.3% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.5%, followed by education and training at 12.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.1%, with managers accounting for 15.1% and technicians and trades people representing 13.5% of the workforce.
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 Qunaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32379/qunaba/topic/employment