5.8% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Taringa · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Taringa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Taringa than in most other areas, at 71.2%. While the local workforce is very active, a smaller proportion of people hold full-time roles compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are far more common here than across Australia (61.1%). However, full-time employment is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%, sitting at 55.5%, and the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas at 5.8%.
71.2% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.9%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 71.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in professional and technical services at 16.3%, followed by education and training at 15.3% and health care and social assistance at 14.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 42.2%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work (11.6%), community and personal service (11.3%), and managers (11.2%).
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 Taringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32751/taringa/topic/employment