4.7% ▲ —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tablelands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tablelands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Tablelands than in most similar areas. Roughly 64% of adults are in the labour force, with a significant portion of the local economy driven by agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has a higher rate of employment than most similar places, with 60.3% of people working full-time. This is a little above the Queensland figure of 59.0% and the national figure of 58.9%.
64.0% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 24.1% of the workforce. Education and training also plays a large role at 20.7%, followed by manufacturing at 13.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are the most common occupation at 25.9%, while labourers make up 20.7% of the workforce. Professionals account for 17.2% of jobs, with community and personal service workers at 15.5%.
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 Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32714/tablelands/topic/employment