3.2% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tarragindi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tarragindi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Tarragindi are active in the workforce, which keeps the local economy steady. About 73.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average of 61.1%. This strong participation helps keep the local unemployment rate low at 3.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Participation is far above the Queensland figure, with 73.5% of adults working or looking for work. Full-time employment is about the same as the national average at 59.4%, while the unemployment rate of 3.2% is a little below the national figure.
73.5% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.9%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 73.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 17.5% of the workforce. Other major sectors include professional and technical services at 13.5% and education and training at 12.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely high-skilled, with professionals making up 39.8% of jobs and managers accounting for 16.2%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 11.8%.
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 Tarragindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32757/tarragindi/topic/employment