0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Suttor · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Suttor
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny unemployment rate of 0.0% defines the working life in Suttor, where nearly everyone who has a job is employed full-time. This small community is heavily tied to the land and the earth, with the vast majority of workers employed in the mining and farming sectors.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far more common here at 70.4% than the national figure of 58.9%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest in the region at 38.6%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%.
38.6% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for the area, employing 59.3% of the workforce. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also play a significant role, accounting for 14.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely hands-on, with machinery operators and drivers making up 44.4% of all jobs. Technicians and trades follow at 14.8%, while managers represent 11.1% of workers.
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 Suttor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32704/suttor/topic/employment