3.3% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Taabinga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Taabinga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people have full-time work in Taabinga than in most similar areas. About 60.3% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure slightly above both the state and national averages. This provides a stable base for a workforce that is diverse in its skills.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 60.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the national figure. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
60.6% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 12.1%. Retail trade and education both sit at 11.7%, followed by manufacturing at 11.4% and agriculture at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most frequent at 15.9%. These are followed by technicians and trades, and labourers, who both make up 15.2% of the local 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 Taabinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32712/taabinga/topic/employment