4.9% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stanthorpe · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stanthorpe
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Stanthorpe than in most similar areas. Only 47% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This suggests a local workforce that is much smaller than usual for a place of this size.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure, with only 50% of residents working full-time. The unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
47.0% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 15.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.9%. Retail trade, accommodation, and food services also employ around 10% of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 18.7%. Other common roles include professionals at 14.1% and community and personal service workers at 13.4%.
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 Stanthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32655/stanthorpe/topic/employment