0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shirbourne · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shirbourne
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the norm in Shirbourne, where a huge 75% of the workforce is employed in permanent roles. This is a highly active community with an unemployment rate of 0%, far lower than the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 71.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is far more common here than in Queensland, sitting 16 percentage points higher than the state average.
71.1% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.0% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 70.0%
- 2021: 75.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by the land, with 46.4% of people working in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. Transport and warehousing make up another 10.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 42.9%, followed by labourers at 14.3% and machinery operators and drivers at 10.7%.
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 Shirbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32555/shirbourne/topic/employment