57.1% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Targinnie · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Targinnie than in most similar areas. Only 57.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The 57.1% rate of adults working or looking for work in Targinnie is 4.5 percentage points lower than the Queensland figure and 3.9 percentage points below the national average.
57.1% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Mining at 23%, ahead of Retail trade (23%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Technicians & trades at 31%, ahead of Labourers (31%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Targinnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32750/targinnie/topic/employment