3.9% ▼ -50.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
South Kolan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in South Kolan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 56.2% of adults in South Kolan are working or looking for work, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. While fewer people are in the workforce here, the unemployment rate is a little lower than the national average at 3.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Of those employed, 58.5% work full-time, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
56.2% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 18.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, with technicians and tradespeople also common at 15.7%.
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 South Kolan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32593/south-kolan/topic/employment