4.2% ▼ -44.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tallai · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tallai
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Tallai than in other parts of the country. Only 52.5% of residents have a full-time job, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. This gap defines the local workforce, even though overall unemployment remains low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Queensland average. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, slightly lower than the state figure.
59.2% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.0%, followed by construction at 13.6% and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.4%, while technicians and trades people account for 14.8% 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 Tallai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32724/tallai/topic/employment