7.5% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Thabeban · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Thabeban
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Thabeban compared to most similar areas. While 51.3% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate is 7.5%, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is far below the state average. Full-time employment sits at 57.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
51.3% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 57.3%
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 19.2%. Retail trade follows at 13.2%, with construction and agriculture both making up about 8.5% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 18.3%. This is followed by community and personal service roles at 16.0% and technicians and trades at 15.9%.
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 Thabeban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32776/thabeban/topic/employment