3.4% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Taroomball · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Taroomball
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Technicians and trades workers make up the biggest slice of the workforce in Taroomball. This is a highly active area where 71.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Most of these residents are employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, sitting at 71.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.4%, which is a little below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
71.1% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.9%
- 2016: 70.5%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 12.9%. Mining follows closely at 12.3%, while education, construction, and retail each make up about a tenth of the local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common occupation at 19.4%. Professionals, community and personal service workers, and clerical staff each account for around 14% to 15% 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 Taroomball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32756/taroomball/topic/employment